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单词 piggish
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piggishadj.

Brit. /ˈpɪɡɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡɪʃ/
Forms: 1700s– piggish, 1800s– pigish (irregular).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pig n.1, -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < pig n.1 + -ish suffix1.
Frequently derogatory.
Of or relating to pigs; characteristic of or resembling a pig; (figurative) stubborn, boorish, greedy, dirty, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > coarse
agrest?1440
robust1511
roynish1570
sowish1570
lubberlike1572
lubberly1580
ordinarya1586
roborean1656
porcine1660
coarse1680
crude1722
low1725
piggish1742
coarse-graineda1774
crass1861
coarse-fibred1872
barnyard1895
farmyard1911
rough as guts1919
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > perverse
wharfedc1175
thwart-over?c1225
fromwardc1275
thwarta1325
wilgernc1325
contrariousa1340
froward1340
rebours1340
awaywarda1375
overthwartc1384
protervec1384
waywardc1384
arsewardc1386
wrawc1386
wrawfulc1386
crabbeda1400
ungraitha1400
wraweda1400
awklyc1400
perversec1425
awkc1440
perversiosec1475
crooked1508
wrayward1516
awkward1530
difficilec1533
peevish1539
protervous1547
overthwarting1552
untowardly1561
difficult1589
cross1594
cama1600
frowish1601
awkwardish1613
haggardly1635
pigheadeda1637
cross-grained1647
wry1649
crossfulc1680
thwarting1718
kim-kama1734
wronghead1737
piggish1742
witherly1790
top-thrawn1808
contrary1850
cussed1858
three-cornered1863
thwarteous1890
bloody-minded1935
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [adjective]
piglikea1625
piggish1742
piggy1839
pigly1859
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered > unrefined > specifically of persons
uplandisha1387
rustyc1485
rustical?1532
gross?1533
rusticc1550
rough-hewn1591
unfashioned1606
unpolite1674
crude1722
uncouth1732
piggish1742
rough-spun1768
coarse-graineda1774
coarse-fibred1872
rough as guts1919
1742 tr. L. Holberg Journey to World Under-ground xi. 229 Had not I unfortunately lost these Letters..I could here have presented the Reader with a Specimen of Piggish Poetry.
1789 J. Byng Diary 1 June in Torrington Diaries (1938) IV. 107 There were..Slight-of-Hand Men, and a Learned Pig; for since the first of these learned grunting Gentry,..the Piggish Race have improved amazingly in wisdom.
1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 74 One had..small piggish eyes.
1873 J. R. Green Let. 30 Oct. (1901) 364 I don't like to be piggish and cantankerous.
1905 Elyria (Ohio) Reporter 7 Apr. 1/6 His pigish eyes glistened.
2003 Las Vegas Rev.-Jrnl. (Nexis) 9 Dec. 1 e Napolitano..once had to rescue a tray from a buffet lest it be devoured by a single piggish guest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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