cu‧rate /ˈkjʊərət, ˈkjʊərɪt $ ˈkjʊr-/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Medieval Latin;
Origin: curatus, from cura 'religious care', from Latin; ⇒ cure1]
1. a priest of the lowest rank, whose job is to help the priest who is in charge of an area
2. curate’s egg British English something that has good and bad parts:
The book is something of a curate’s egg. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲