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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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