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porcine - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'porcine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Porcine [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to swine; characteristic of the hog.

Meaning of 'porcine' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . porcine [ a]
Meaning (1):
- relating to or suggesting swine
Example in sentence:
  • comparison between human and porcine pleasures
2 . porcine [ s]
Meaning (2):
- repellently fat
Example in sentence:
  • a bald porcine old man
Meaning (3):
- resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
Example in sentence:
  • piggish table manners;
  • swinish slavering over food;
  • the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father

Nearby Words:

poraille porbeagle porcate porcelain porcelainized porcelaneous porcelanite porcelanous porcellaneous porcellanous

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