porcine

English

Etymology

From Middle English porcine, partly from Middle French porcin (from Old French [Term?]) and partly from its etymon, Latin porcīnus, from porcus (pig).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoʊɹ.saɪn/
  • IPA(key): /ˈpoʊɹ.sin/
  • IPA(key): /ˈpoʊɹ.sɪn/
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  • Rhymes: -oʊɹsaɪn, -oʊɹsin, -oʊɹsɪn

Adjective

porcine (comparative more porcine, superlative most porcine)

  1. Of or pertaining to pigs.
    Synonym: suilline
    • 2013, Kazerad, Katia: Follow captain, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), May 08 2013
      Alas, your delicious sandwich has been slain. Gaius’ blow sent it sprawling from your hand and onto the dusty grass where its saucy, porcine contents splattered forth from its freshly-baked body.
  2. Similar to a pig
    Synonym: piglike
  3. (derogatory) Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; morbidly obese.

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Translations

References

  1. ^ porcine, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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French

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Adjective

porcine

  1. feminine singular of porcin

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Italian

Adjective

porcine

  1. feminine plural of porcino

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Latin

Adjective

porcīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of porcīnus