por·cine (pôr s n )adj. Of or resembling swine or a pig: "a bald porcine old man" (Vladimir Nabokov). [Middle English, from Old French porcin, from Latin porc nus, from porcus, pig; see porko- in Indo-European roots.] |
porcine [ˈpɔːsaɪn]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) of, connected with, or characteristic of pigs
[from Latin porcīnus, from porcus pig]
| porcine (pôrsn) Relating to or resembling pigs. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. | porcine - relating to or suggesting swine; "comparison between human and porcine pleasures" |
| 2. | porcine - repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" fat - 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" gluttonous - 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" |
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