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piggier

piggier is the comparative form of piggy.

Meaning of piggy

Adjective

piggy (comparative piggier, superlative piggiest)

  1. Greedy.
  2. Slovenly, dirty.
    • He himself, who had always tried to be gentle and good (whatever “good” meant in this crazy world), had married Lina, who had developed into a silent, piggy woman, and had gotten Seth by her.1983, Stephen King, Word Processor of the Gods
  3. Lecherous, often in a sexist way.
    • Finding quality flms of a sexual nature is difficult. Many of the films we have investigated for this program are down-right piggy. I wanted films of a sensual interest that also had some political sensibilities, especially in regards to women.1977 April 16, Charles Bedard, “Thumpata-Thump Thumpata-Thump”, in Gay Community News, page 9, quoting Larry Silverman

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Questions about piggier

What is piggier the comparative form of?
Piggier is the comparative form of piggy.

Words near piggier in the dictionary

  1. piggers
  2. piggery
  3. piggesnye
  4. Piggi-Billa
  5. piggie
  6. piggier
  7. piggies
  8. piggies in the middle
  9. piggiest
  10. piggily
  11. piggin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: piggier (page history and authors); piggy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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