Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piggish

/ˈpɪɡɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: pig-gish
IPA: /ˈpɪɡɪʃ/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

greedy or gluttonous

adj

adj

unpleasant or unclean

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *puggōder. Old English *picga Middle English pigge English pig Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English piggish From pig + -ish.

Inflected Forms

more piggish (comparative) most piggish (superlative)

Derived Forms

piggishly piggishness

Synonyms

hoggish piggy porcine swinish

Questions

How do you pronounce piggish?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɪɡɪʃ/.
What does piggish mean?: greedy or gluttonous
Where does piggish come from?: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *puggōder. Old English *picga Middle English pigge English pig Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -isch English -ish English piggish From pig + -ish.

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