SWINE
What does "SWINE" mean?
A pig or pigs, especially as farm animals.
Meanings
- A domestic or wild pig; pigs collectively. The veterinarian specialized in diseases of swine. formal
- A contemptible or greedy person. You cheated me, you swine. informal
Did you know?
- 'Swine' is its own plural, like 'sheep' and 'deer' - one swine and a hundred swine take the same form, a survival of Old English neuter nouns that didn't add an ending.
Word origin
From Old English 'swin' (pig), from Proto-Germanic 'swīną', ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root 'su-' that also gives Latin 'sus' and English 'sow'.
Remember it
SWINE hides 'wine' after the S - picture a pig who's had a little too much.
A little poem
Mud as cool as silk-
the animal we insult
knows comfort better.
haiku
Wordplay
- Call a banker a swine and he'll sue; call a pig a banker and it'll just keep rooting for more.
What it teaches
We name our worst traits after the pig, who is mostly guilty of being honest about its appetites.
Quick facts
What does SWINE mean?
A pig or pigs, especially as farm animals.
Is SWINE a valid word?
Yes — SWINE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SWINE?
SWINE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SWINE come from?
From Old English 'swin' (pig), from Proto-Germanic 'swīną', ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root 'su-' that also gives Latin 'sus' and English 'sow'.
What can SWINE teach us?
We name our worst traits after the pig, who is mostly guilty of being honest about its appetites.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.