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Synonyms for porcine
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pawr-sahyn, -sin |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔr saɪn, -sɪn |
Définition of porcine
Origin :- early 15c., "pertaining to swine; swinish," from Old French porcin or directly from Latin porcinus "of a hog," from porcus "hog, pig" (see pork (n.)).
- adj pertaining to pigs
- Demming closed his eyes in his porcine manner and grunted, "Tell him."
- Extract from : « Medal of Honor » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
- Arrived at the place, he observed that numbers of his porcine family were there before him.
- Extract from : « The Hot Swamp » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Every house here had a colony of the porcine family in its yard.
- Extract from : « Kensington, Notting Hill, and Paddington » by An Old Inhabitant
- Unworthiness doesn't, I hope, consign us to the porcine category.
- Extract from : « Tante » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- On his return Greybrush found the passage littered with moss and leaves, while porcine snoring resounded throughout the earth.
- Extract from : « Lives of the Fur Folk » by M. D. Haviland
- There was another uniformed person of porcine girth standing beside that desk and pointing to a map on the wall in front of him.
- Extract from : « Rats in the Belfry » by John York Cabot
- After all, were his individual opinions and doubts expressed in a manner forceful enough to diversify him from a porcine apathy?
- Extract from : « Cytherea » by Joseph Hergesheimer
- Porcine race; prizes—equal, to Messrs. Leherisse and Cullembourg, sixty francs!
- Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
- Porcine race; prizes—equal, to Messrs. Lehérissé and Cullembourg, sixty francs!
- Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
- This "Brachiano" is a far more living figure than the porcine paramour of the historic Accoramboni.
- Extract from : « The Age of Shakespeare » by Algernon Charles Swinburne
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