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porcine

adj
/ˈpoʊɹ.saɪn/

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French [Term?]der. Middle French porcinder. Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin porcīnusder. Middle English porcine English porcine From Middle English porcine, partly from Middle French porcin (from Old French [Term?]) and partly from its etymon, Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“pig”).

  1. derived from porcīnus
  2. derived from porcin
  3. inherited from porcine

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or being a pig.

    • Alas, your delicious sandwich has been slain. Gaius’ blow sent it sprawling from your hand and onto the dusty grass where its saucy, porcine contents splattered forth from its freshly-baked body.

  2. Similar to a pig.

    • Near-synonyms: boarish, boarlike

  3. Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig

    Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; severely obese.

    • Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:overweight
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A porcine animal

      A porcine animal: a pig, hog, boar, or related wild animal.

The neighborhood

Derived

antiporcine, nonporcine, porcinely, porcine measles, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, porcine stress syndrome, unporcine

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for porcine. 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