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porcine, a.|ˈpɔːsaɪn|
[a. F. porcin, -e, ad. L. porcīnus of or belonging to a hog, swinish.]
1. Of or consisting of swine; related to or resembling the swine. (In quot. a 1845 humorously, Made of swine's flesh; pork-.)
1656Blount Glossogr., Porcine.., of or belonging to an Hog, hogish. 1782A. Monro Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 5 Common to all quadrupeds, the porcine kind excepted. a1845Hood Sausage Maker's Ghost i, He..drove a trade In porcine sausages. 1862Trollope N. Amer. II. 107 In this portion of the world the porcine genus are all hogs. One never hears of a pig.
2. Resembling or suggesting a hog, like that of a hog (in appearance, manners, or character); swinish, hoggish, piggish.
1660Gauden Life Bp. Brownrigg 236 Their Physiognomy is canine, vulpine, caprine, porcine, lupine or leonine. 1811L. M. Hawkins C'tess & Gertr. I. 34 Do we hear of such a porcine exhibition of the philosophy of Epicurus as that of Cuzzoni? 1866G. Macdonald Ann Q. Neighb. xvii, The porcine head of the church-warden was not on his shoulders by accident. 1880Swinburne Stud. Shaks. i. (ed. 2) 64 Three doggrel sonnets..noticeable only for their porcine quality of prurience.
Hence porcinity |pɔːˈsɪnɪtɪ| nonce-wd., porcine quality, piggishness; in quot. as a humorous title.
1859Sala Gas-light & D. vi, Very few customers..at the bar of the Green Hog; yet does its verdant porcinity considerable business with Barclay Perkins [brewers]. |