Definition of PORCINE

porcine

Adjective

  • Relating to or resembling pigs or swine.
  • relating to or suggesting swine
    • "comparison between human and porcine pleasures"

Adjective Satellite

  • repellently fat
    • "a bald porcine old man"
  • resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
    • "the piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father"

Adj

  • Of or pertaining to pigs.
  • Similar to a pig
  • Overweight to the extent of resembling a pig; morbidly obese.

Examples

  • His opponent’s grunt of frustration was almost porcine after a missed bingo.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English porcine, partly from Middle French porcin (from Old French [Term?]) and partly from its etymon, Latin porcīnus, from porcus (“pig”).

Scrabble Score: 11

porcine: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
porcine: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
porcine: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

porcine: valid Words With Friends Word