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Synonyms for swine

Grammar : Noun
Spell : swahyn
Phonetic Transcription : swaɪn

Définition of swine

Origin :
  • Old English swin "pig, hog," from Proto-Germanic *swinan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian Middle Low German, Old High German swin, Middle Dutch swijn, Dutch zwijn, German Schwein), neuter adjective (with suffix *-ino-) from PIE *su- (see sow (n.)). The native word, largely ousted by pig. Applied to persons from late 14c. Phrase pearls before swine (mid-14c.) is from Matt. vii:6; an early English formation of it was:
  • Ne ge ne wurpen eowre meregrotu toforan eo wrum swynon. [c.1000]
  • The Latin word was confused in French with marguerite "daisy" (the "pearl" of the field), and in Dutch the expression became "roses before swine."
  • noun pig
  • noun omnivorous animal
Example sentences :
  • Swine were the natural companions of the prodigal, and the sooner he was with them the better!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • So Pryderi gave Gwyd the swine, and he quickly drove them off.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • As to your pigs and baboons, you are yourself a pig, and you make my writings a sport of other swine.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • He had been ruminating on Gubblum's observation about the swine ring.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • But Jabez had not forgotten the similitude of the swine ring.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • "Which is less than the swine deserve," growled Wolverstone.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Fling the swine into the water, and so let's be rid of them.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • That eater of swine aimed a blow at my face with his unclean fist.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
  • The deer in winter came and fed from the hog-pens of Albany swine.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine.
  • Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks

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