"porkish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more porkish [comparative], most porkish [superlative]
Etymology: pork + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pork|ish}} pork + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} porkish (comparative more porkish, superlative most porkish)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of pork.
    Sense id: en-porkish-en-adj-5MsLiOBl
  2. (colloquial) Plump. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-porkish-en-adj-HO8CxAxr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 74 3 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 1 64 0 34
  3. (informal) Selfish. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-porkish-en-adj-LdAFY7L6
  4. (US, politics, informal) Relating to pork barrel funding. Tags: US, informal Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-porkish-en-adj-LDmPDQcs Categories (other): American English Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: porkishness, porkishly

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