Swine Definition
swīn
noun
Any of a family (Suidae) of omnivorous, artiodactylous mammals with a bristly coat and elongated, flexible snout; esp., a domesticated pig or hog.
Webster's New World
A vicious, contemptible, or disgusting person.
Webster's New World
(archaic) Plural form of sow.
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Other Word Forms of Swine
Noun
Singular:
swine
Plural:
swinesOrigin of Swine
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From Middle English swine, swin, from Old English swÄ«n, from Proto-Germanic *swÄ«nÄ…, from an adjectival form of Proto-Indo-European *sÅ«- (“pig"). Related to West Frisian swyn, Low German Swien, Dutch zwijn, German Schwein, Danish svin, and more distantly to Polish Å›winia, Russian свинья (svinʹja), Latin sÅ«s, Ancient Greek á½—Ï‚ (hus). See also sow.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English swīn sū- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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