| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Swinish; brutal; cruel.[Websters]
2. Being ferocious, truculent, savage or feral. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being swinish or piggish. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being brutal, cruel, brutish, inhuman or tigerish. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being barbaric or barbarous. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb boarishly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (boarishly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective boarish.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BOARISH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BOARISH
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Swinish; brutal; cruel. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
