Hoggishness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hoggish \Hog"gish\, a.
     Swinish; gluttonous; filthy; selfish. -- {Hog"gish*ly}, adv.
     -- {Hog"gish*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Is not a hoggish life the height of some men's wishes?


                                                    --Shaftesbury.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hoggishness
       n : an excessive desire for food [syn: {greediness}, {piggishness}]