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HOGGISHNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hoggishness mean? 

HOGGISHNESS (noun)
  The noun HOGGISHNESS has 1 sense:

1. an excessive desire for foodplay

  Familiarity information: HOGGISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOGGISHNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An excessive desire for food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

greediness; hoggishness; piggishness

Hypernyms ("hoggishness" is a kind of...):

gluttony (habitual eating to excess)

Derivation:

hoggish (resembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy)


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