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Webster 1913 Edition


Boarish

Boar′ish

,
Adj.
Swinish; brutal; cruel.
In his anointed flesh stick
boarish
fangs.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Boarish

BOARISH

,
Adj.
[from boar.] Swinish; brutal; cruel.

Definition 2024


boarish

boarish

English

Adjective

boarish (comparative more boarish, superlative most boarish)

  1. swinish; brutal; cruel
    • Shakespeare: King Lear, act III, scene vii.
      "Because I would not see thy cruel nails
      Pluck out his poor old eyes; nor thy fierce sister
      In his anointed flesh stick boarish fangs."