a. Obs. [f. SOW sb.1 + -ISH.] Like or resembling (that of) a sow; of a coarse or gross nature.
1570. Levins, Manip., 145. Sowish, suillus.
1574. Life Abp. Canterbury, Pref. To Chr. Rdr. Lest therfore the sowishe papiste off England might walter him wantonly in … his mirie popishe trumperie.
1602. Breton, Mother’s Blessing, lxxv. A minde that treads good manners vnder feete, A sorrell foretop, and a sowish feature.
1661. Griffin, Doctr. Asse, 7. Perhaps thy sowish Soul hath been a thousand times in the Mire.
