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swine

American  
[swahyn] / swaɪn /

noun

plural

swine

  1. any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products.

  2. the domestic hog, Sus scrofa.

  3. a coarse, gross, or brutishly sensual person.

  4. a contemptible person.

swine British  
/ swaɪn /

noun

  1. a coarse or contemptible person

  2. another name for a pig

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swine Idioms  

  1. see cast pearls before swine.

Other Word Forms

  • swinelike adjective
  • swinish adjective
  • swinishly adverb
  • swinishness noun

Etymology

Origin of swine

before 900; Middle English; Old English swīn; cognate with German Schwein hog, Latin suīnus (adj.) porcine; akin to sow 2

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