Resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy. Synonyms:hoggish, piggish, piggy, swinish."The piggy fat-cheeked little boy and his porcine pot-bellied father" , "Swinish slavering over food"
... a sweet, innocent, ladylike, high-spirited, joyous creature. Those struggles of her father to get rid of the last porcine taint, though not quite successful as to himself, had succeeded thoroughly in regard to her. It comes at last with due care, and the due care had here been taken. She was so nice that middle-aged men wished themselves younger that they might make love to her, or older ... — Is He Popenjoy? • Anthony Trollope
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