单词 | piggishly |
释义 | piggishlyadv. Frequently derogatory. In a piggish manner; in a manner suggestive of a pig. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adverb] noughtlyeOE wrothec888 unrighteouslyeOE foullyOE naughtlyOE wrothlyc1200 litherlya1225 unwraste?c1225 illc1275 vilelyc1290 shrewdly13.. felonly1303 unwrastlyc1320 viciouslya1325 diverselyc1325 wickly1338 lewdlyc1384 badlyc1405 foula1425 mischievouslyc1426 felonously1436 felonmentc1470 wickedfullyc1480 villainously1484 meschantlya1492 sinisterly1491 noughtily1528 naughtily?1529 perniciously1533 illy1549 naught1549 bad1575 evilly1581 nefariously1599 scelerately1632 improbously1657 piggishly1756 iniquitously1796 pervertedly1804 1756 J. Rutty Spiritual Diary (1776) I. 103 Feasted a little piggishly. 1792 S. T. Coleridge Let 14 Feb. (1956) I. 31 Mr. Hague, who played on the Violin most piggishly. 1804 C. Smith Conversations I. 86 She is very piggishly brought up, indeed. 1865 Catholic World July 546/2 Pigs not so much smaller than elephants as they ought to be, but piggishly shaped nevertheless. 1913 Washington Post 16 Feb. 3/3 His [sc. the grizzly bear's] little eyes twinkled piggishly. 1998 New Yorker 12 Sept. 40/1 What surprises us is not that..the hero succumbs to the temptation of a zaftig Jewish girl in thong underpants..but that he proceeds to treat her so piggishly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1756 |
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