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Jul 26, 2011
This week's themeAnimal-related words that are used metaphorically This week's words hircine porcine anserine bovine pavonine  Read it today 
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with Anu Gargporcine
PRONUNCIATION:
(POR-syn)
MEANING:
adjective:1. Of or related to swine. 2. Piggish: greedy; sloppy; boorish. ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin porcus (hog, pig). Ultimately from the Indo-European root porko-
(a young pig) that is also the source of farrow, aardvark, porcelain, pork,
porcupine, and porpoise. Earliest documented use: before 1425.
USAGE:
"The lipstick on this pig was thick and expertly applied by a PR machine
with a tremendous amount of porcine makeup experience."Frank Bailey; Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin; Howard Books; 2011. See more usage examples of porcine in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not. -Jean de la Bruyere, essayist and moralist (1645-1696)
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