swinish
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈswaɪnɪʃ/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English swinisse, swynys, swynyse; equivalent to swine + -ish.
- Like a pig, resembling a swine; gluttonous, coarse, debased.
“Near-synonyms: boarish, boarlike”
“[…]They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute[…]”