单词 | piggish |
释义 | piggishadj. Frequently derogatory. Of or relating to pigs; characteristic of or resembling a pig; (figurative) stubborn, boorish, greedy, dirty, etc. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1742 |
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