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Webster 1913 Edition
Swinish
Swin′ish
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty;
“Swinish gluttony.” as, a
. swinish
drunkard or sotMilton.
Swin′ish-ly
, adv.
Swin′ish-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Swinish
SWI'NISH
,Adj.
Definition 2024
swinish
swinish
English
Adjective
swinish (comparative more swinish, superlative most swinish)
- Like a pig, resembling a swine; gluttonous, coarse, debased.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.27:
- Epicurus, though his ethic seemed to others swinish and lacking in moral exultation, was very much in earnest.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.27: