English Explanatory Dictionary

porcine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or being a pig.
  2. Similar to a pig.
  3. Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; severely obese.
noun
  1. A porcine animal: a pig, hog, boar, or related wild animal.

Pronunciation

/ˈpoʊɹ.saɪn/ /ˈpoʊɹ.sin/ /ˈpoʊɹ.sɪn/ En-us-porcine.ogg

Word forms

porcine more porcine most porcine porcines

Etymology

Etymology tree Old French [Term?]der. Middle French porcinder. Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos Proto-Italic *porkos Latin porcus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin porcīnusder. Middle English porcine English porcine From Middle English porcine, partly from Middle French porcin (from Old French [Term?]) and partly from its etymon, Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“pig”).

Synonyms

swinish piggish hoggish swinelike piglike hoglike boarish boarlike ample beer-bellied big bulky chubby chunky embonpoint fat flabby fleshy full-figured fulsome gorbellied gorrel-bellied heavy heavyset love-handled meaty overnourished paunchy pleasantly plump plump plus-size portly potbellied podgy pudgy roly-poly rotund Rubenesque sonsy swagbellied thick tubby well-covered well-padded well-rounded well-upholstered wide

Related words

pork

Derived words

antiporcine nonporcine porcinely porcine measles porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome porcine stress syndrome unporcine
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