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pigginess

pigginess noun: the quality of being piggy.

Noun

pigginess (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being piggy.
    • No less a figure than Saul Bellow later complained that Mr. Poirier had made the magazine “look like a butcher’s showcase, shining with pink hairless pigginess, and adorned with figures of hand-carved suet which represent the very latest in art, literature and politics.”2009 August 23, Alexander Star, “Richard Poirier: A Man of Good Reading”, in New York Times

Origin of pigginess

From piggy + -ness.

Questions about pigginess

What does pigginess mean?
Pigginess means the quality of being piggy.
What part of speech is pigginess?
Pigginess is a noun.

Words near pigginess in the dictionary

  1. piggies in the middle
  2. piggiest
  3. piggily
  4. piggin
  5. piggin bottoms
  6. pigginess
  7. pigging
  8. pigging it
  9. pigging off
  10. pigging out
  11. piggings

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