— swinelike , adj.
/swuyn/ , n. , pl. swine .
1. any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products. Cf. hog, pig, wild boar .
2. the domestic hog, Sus scrofa.
3. a coarse, gross, or brutishly sensual person.
4. a contemptible person.
[ bef. 900; ME; OE swin; c. G Schwein hog, L suinus (adj.) porcine; akin to SOW 2 ]