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swinish

swi·nish

UK/ˈswaɪnɪʃ/ uncommon

adjective

1.

ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance

  • “was boorish and insensitive”
  • “the loutish manners of a bully”
  • “her stupid oafish husband”
  • “aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude”
2.

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 swinisse, swynys, swynyse; equivalent to swine + -ish.

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