Pigginess
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being piggy. uncountable
"No less a figure than Saul Bellow later complained that Mr. Poirier had made the magazine “look like a butcher’s showcase, shining with pink hairless pigginess, and adorned with figures of hand-carved suet which represent the very latest in art, literature and politics.”"
Example
More examples"No less a figure than Saul Bellow later complained that Mr. Poirier had made the magazine “look like a butcher’s showcase, shining with pink hairless pigginess, and adorned with figures of hand-carved suet which represent the very latest in art, literature and politics.”"
Etymology
From piggy + -ness.
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