Synonyms for swine

Grammar : Noun

Spell : swahyn

Phonetic Transcription : swaɪn

Définition of swine

Origin : Old English swin "pig, hog," from Proto-Germanic *swinan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian Middle Low German, Old High German swin, Middle Dutch swijn, Dutch zwijn, German Schwein), neuter adjective (with suffix *-ino-) from PIE *su- (see sow (n.)). The native word, largely ousted by pig. Applied to persons from late 14c. Phrase pearls before swine (mid-14c.) is from Matt. vii:6; an early English formation of it was:
Ne ge ne wurpen eowre meregrotu toforan eo wrum swynon. [c.1000]
The Latin word was confused in French with marguerite "daisy" (the "pearl" of the field), and in Dutch the expression became "roses before swine."

noun pig
noun omnivorous animal

Example sentences :

Swine were the natural companions of the prodigal, and the sooner he was with them the better!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

So Pryderi gave Gwyd the swine, and he quickly drove them off.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

As to your pigs and baboons, you are yourself a pig, and you make my writings a sport of other swine.
Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato

He had been ruminating on Gubblum's observation about the swine ring.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

But Jabez had not forgotten the similitude of the swine ring.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

"Which is less than the swine deserve," growled Wolverstone.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

Fling the swine into the water, and so let's be rid of them.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

That eater of swine aimed a blow at my face with his unclean fist.
Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad

The deer in winter came and fed from the hog-pens of Albany swine.
Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle

And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine.
Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks

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