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piggish, a.|ˈpɪgɪʃ|
[f. pig n.1 + -ish1.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a pig; piglike; hoggish; stubborn; selfish, mean; unclean, vile.
1792[implied in piggishly]. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk., Rip Van Winkle §18 One had..small piggish eyes. 1829Southey O. Newman ii. 124 He hath not left His native country in that piggish mood Which neither will be led nor driven. 1873J. R. Green Lett. (1901) 364, I don't like to be piggish and cantankerous. 1891N. & Q. 7th Ser. XII. 511/2 He did not mean they were piggish or coarse.
Hence ˈpiggishly adv.; ˈpiggishness.
1792Coleridge Lett., to Mrs. Evans (1895) 38 Mr. Hague who played on the violin most piggishly. 1804C. Smith Conversations, etc. I. 86 She is very piggishly brought up, indeed. 1858Mayhew Upper Rhine v. §3 (1860) 277 Our friend..was fairly taken aback by the piggishness. |