pigpen

noun
/pɪɡ.pɛn/

Etymology

Compound of pig + pen.

  1. derived from *péth₂r̥ — “feather, wing
  2. derived from penna — “feather
  3. derived from penne
  4. derived from penne
  5. inherited from penne
  6. compounded as pigpen — “pig + pen

Definitions

  1. Synonym of pigsty.

    • The lower pasture also contains a pigpen.
    • This room is a pigpen. When are you going to clean it?
  2. The pigpen cipher.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pigpen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA