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porcine
por·cine P0449700 (pôr′sīn′)adj. Of or resembling swine or a pig: "a bald porcine old man" (Vladimir Nabokov). [Middle English, from Old French porcin, from Latin porcīnus, from porcus, pig; see porko- in Indo-European roots.]porcine (ˈpɔːsaɪn) adj (Zoology) of, connected with, or characteristic of pigs[C17: from Latin porcīnus, from porcus pig]por•cine (ˈpɔr saɪn, -sɪn) adj. 1. of or pertaining to swine. 2. resembling swine; hoggish; piggish. [1650–60; < Latin porcīnus; see pork, -ine1] ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | porcine - relating to or suggesting swine; "comparison between human and porcine pleasures" | | 2. | porcine - repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man"grossfat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" | | 3. | porcine - 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"hoggish, piggish, piggy, swinishgluttonous - given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink; "over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands"; "a gluttonous debauch"; "a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure" |
porcineadjectiveHaving too much flesh:corpulent, fat, fatty, fleshy, gross, obese, overblown, overweight, portly, stout, weighty.Translations
porcine
porcine of, connected with, or characteristic of pigs porcine
porcine [por´sīn] pertaining to swine.por·cine (pōr'sīn, -sin), Relating to pigs. [L. porcinus, fr. porcus, a hog] por·cine (pōr'sīn, -sin) Relating to pigs; swinish. [L. porcinus, fr. porcus, a hog]porcine Related to porcine: Porcine circovirus, Porcine parvovirusSynonyms for porcineadj having too much fleshSynonyms- corpulent
- fat
- fatty
- fleshy
- gross
- obese
- overblown
- overweight
- portly
- stout
- weighty
Synonyms for porcineadj repellently fatSynonymsRelated Wordsadj resembling swineSynonyms- hoggish
- piggish
- piggy
- swinish
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