Resembling or having the characteristics of a wild boar; coarse, crude, brutal, or bad-mannered.
Boar + -ish (suffix meaning 'somewhat' or 'like'). This adjective borrowed the negative connotations associated with wild boars—aggressive, filthy, rough—to describe human behavior or character.
The word 'boarish' shows how we use animal names to insult people—just like calling someone 'piggish,' 'doggish,' or 'catty,' it takes a real animal's traits and applies them as moral judgments!
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