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piggish


adjective

  1. resembling a pig, especially in being slovenly, greedy, or gluttonous: piggish table manners.
  2. (of food portions) indecently large.
  3. stubborn.

adjective

  1. like a pig, esp in appetite or manners
  2. informal, mainly British obstinate or mean

adj.1792, from pig (n.) + -ish. Until 20c. usually “stubborn, selfish; unclean, coarse;” association with greedy eating is more recent. Related: Piggishly; piggishness.

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