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Swinish

//ˈswaɪnɪʃ// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Like a pig, resembling a swine; gluttonous, coarse, debased.

    "Near-synonyms: boarish, boarlike"

Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy wordnet
  2. 2
    ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English swinisse, swynys, swynyse; equivalent to swine + -ish.

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