swine
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noun, plural swine.
1.
2.
the domestic hog, Sus scrofa.
3.
a coarse, gross, or brutishly sensual person.
4.
a contemptible person.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English swīn; cognate with German Schwein hog, Latin suīnus (adj.) porcine; akin to sow2
before 900; Middle English; Old English swīn; cognate with German Schwein hog, Latin suīnus (adj.) porcine; akin to sow2
Related forms
swine·like, adjective
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swine (swaɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , swines, swine | |
| 1. | a coarse or contemptible person |
| 2. | another name for a pig |
| [Old English swīn; related to Old Norse svīn, Gothic swein, Latin suīnus relating to swine] | |
| 'swinelike | |
| —adj | |
| 'swinish | |
| —adj | |
| 'swinishly | |
| —adv | |
| 'swinishness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
swine
O.E. swin "pig, hog," from P.Gmc. *swinan (cf. O.S., O.Fris. M.L.G., O.H.G. swin, M.Du. swijn, Du. zwijn, Ger. Schwein), neut. adj. (with suffix *-ino-) from PIE *su- (see sow (n.)). The native word, largely ousted by pig. Applied to persons from c.1380.
Swineherd is recorded from c.1100 as swynhyrde; swinish is from c.1200. Phrase pearls before swine is from Matt. vii.6; an early Eng. formation of it was:
"Ne ge ne wurpen eowre meregrotu toforan eo wrum swynon." [c.1000]Which is a misreading of L. marguerite "daisy" as margarite "pearl."
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Swine definition
(Heb. hazir), regarded as the most unclean and the most abhorred of all animals (Lev. 11:7; Isa. 65:4; 66:3, 17; Luke 15:15, 16). A herd of swine were drowned in the Sea of Galilee (Luke 8:32, 33). Spoken of figuratively in Matt. 7:6 (see Prov. 11:22). It is frequently mentioned as a wild animal, and is evidently the wild boar (Arab. khanzir), which is common among the marshes of the Jordan valley (Ps. 80:13).
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
The swine flu pandemic highlights a decades-old problem: industrial animal farming poses serious public health risks.
Swine flu is caused by influenza viruses that normally infect pigs.
Remember that word, because it is going to come back and haunt every one of those swine.
The pig will be released and will catch the swine flu minutes later.
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