porcine
por·cine
adjective
1.
2.
3.
resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
- “piggish table manners”
- “the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father”
- “swinish slavering over food”
Origin
From Middle English porcine, partly from Middle French porcin (from Old French [Term?]) and partly from its etymon, Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“pig”).
Phrases
- porcine measles
- porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
- porcine stress syndrome
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