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Webster 1913 Edition


Swinish

Swin′ish

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty;
as, a
swinish
drunkard or sot
.
Swinish gluttony.”
Milton.
Swin′ish-ly
,
adv.
Swin′ish-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Swinish

SWI'NISH

,
Adj.
[from swine.] Befitting swine; like swine; gross; hoggish; brutal; as a swinish drunkard or sot; swinish gluttony.

Definition 2024


swinish

swinish

English

Adjective

swinish (comparative more swinish, superlative most swinish)

  1. 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.