porket
English edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of French porc. See pork.
Noun edit
porket (plural porkets)
- (archaic) A young hog; a pig.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Twelfth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Adorned in white, a reverend priest appears, / And offerings to the flaming altars bears— ; / A porket, and a lamb that never suffered shears.
- 1838, William Howitt, The Rural Life of England:
- […] his yards abound with poultry, and his fields with flocks and herds of kids, lambs, and porkets.
See also edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Univerbation of porke + 't.
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
porket (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜆ᜔)