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Hoggish — Hog gish, a. Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish. {Hog gish*ly}, adv. {Hog gish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] Is not a hoggish life the height of some men s wishes? Shaftesbury. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hoggish — gluttonous, late 15c., from HOG (Cf. hog) (n.) + ISH (Cf. ish). Related: Hoggishly; hoggishness … Etymology dictionary
hoggish — [hôg′ish] adj. like a hog; very selfish, greedy, coarse, or filthy hoggishly adv. hoggishness n … English World dictionary
hoggish — hog ► NOUN 1) a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. 2) informal a greedy person. ► VERB (hogged, hogging) informal ▪ take or hoard selfishly. ● go the whole hog Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
Hoggish Greedly — is the alias for a fictional character named Brett Klasko, a villain in the animation series Captain Planet and the Planeteers. Greedly is an obese man with a pig like nose and ears and the mannerisms to go with them. Despite these pig like… … Wikipedia
hoggish — adjective Date: 15th century grossly selfish, gluttonous, or filthy • hoggishly adverb • hoggishness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
hoggish — hoggishly, adv. hoggishness, n. /haw gish, hog ish/, adj. 1. like or befitting a hog. 2. selfish; gluttonous; filthy. [1425 75; late ME. See HOG, ISH1] * * * … Universalium
hoggish — adjective a) Having the characteristics of a pig b) Having a gluttonous appetite … Wiktionary
hoggish — Synonyms and related words: Apician, a hog for, acquisitive, all devouring, asinine, avaricious, avid, beastly, bolting, bottomless, bovid, bovine, caprid, caprine, coveting, covetous, cowish, cowlike, cramming, crapulent, crapulous, deerlike,… … Moby Thesaurus
hoggish — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Squalid] Syn. smelly, foul, unclean; see dirty 1 , squalid . 2. [Greedy] Syn. grasping, rapacious, gluttonous; see greedy 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably… … English dictionary for students
