Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swineflesh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: swine-flesh
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The flesh or meat of a pig; pork.

Archaic; Literary; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If Malaga fell, then the Alhambra must also pass into the hands of the "eaters of swineflesh.""
"Eumaeus carved the swineflesh, giving the best portion to Odysseus whom he treated as the guest of honor."
""Don't you know, you giaour dog, the thing e'en more repellent than swineflesh to a virtuous daughter of Islam?"
"“Abstain from swineflesh, blood, things offered to idols, and carrion”"
"He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swineflesh, and that which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other than Allah."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English swinflesch, equivalent to swine + flesh. Compare German Schweinefleisch (“pork”), Danish svineflæsk.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: swinflesch

Usage

Inflected Forms

swine flesh (alternative) swine-flesh (alternative)

Synonyms

swinemeat pigflesh pigmeat

Questions

What does swineflesh mean?: The flesh or meat of a pig; pork.
Where does swineflesh come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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