Meanings
adjectivepiggish (comparative more piggish, superlative most piggish)
comparative more piggish · superlative most piggish
- greedy or gluttonous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveresembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*puggō
- Old English*picga
- Middle Englishpigge
- Englishpig
- Englishpiggish
Translations
Bulgarian мръсен, свински
- мръсен (mrăsen)unpleasant or unclean
- свински (svinski)unpleasant or unclean
Italian maialesco
- maialescounpleasant or unclean
Yiddish חזיריש
- חזיריש (khazerish)unpleasant or unclean
Cite this entry
APA
piggish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piggish
MLA
“piggish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piggish. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “piggish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piggish.
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