Entry: swinishest (adj.)
In context: "The way he studied objects with a welder's eye for those strongest centered seams which when pressured by the swinishest slouch still support."
Definition: From swinish (adj.): Having the character or disposition of a swine; hoggish, piggish; sensual, gluttonous; coarse, gross, or degraded in nature.
Other: When I think of hogs, the first adjective that comes to mind isn't usually sensual. I am a fancy gentleman, though.
At any rate, a very old word (swinish, that is), to 1200 CE.
SNOOT score: 1
Page:158
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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