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hoggier

hoggier is the comparative form of hoggy.

Meaning of hoggy

Adjective

hoggy (comparative hoggier, superlative hoggiest)

  1. Synonym of hoggish (“resembling a pig”).
    • Then the packing-houses in making lard got to dumping into the pans everything — heads, feet, etc. — and made a product which was offensive, having, as witness said, a "hoggy taste."1887, National Live Stock Journal, volumes 3-5, page 108
    Synonyms:
    hoggish

Questions about hoggier

What is hoggier the comparative form of?
Hoggier is the comparative form of hoggy.

Words near hoggier in the dictionary

  1. hoggers
  2. hoggery
  3. Hogges
  4. hogget
  5. hoggets
  6. hoggier
  7. hoggiest
  8. hoggin
  9. hogginess
  10. hogging
  11. hogging frame

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