Dictionary

pigface en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɪɡfeɪs/ (UK)

Etymology

From pig + face.

Meanings

1. Any of various mesembryanthemums of the genus Carpobrotus, native to coastal areas of Australia, and producing edible fruits.
   • that other fleshy plant, the one called pig-face, had lain across a corner of the cliffs like vivid pink shantung flung across a draper's counter. 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 256:
   • The road cut through sand dunes spread patchily with pigface and tumbleweeds and led obliquely to the sea […] 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin, published 2009, page 124:
   • My father was forever trying to tame this lumpen block, buttressing it with rock gardens and rock walls garlanded with pigface, courtesy of my mother. 2015, Magda Szubanski, Reckoning, Text Publishing, page 52:
2. (derogatory, informal) Term of abuse for an ugly person.
   • Shut up, pigface!
   • Near-synonym: dogface

Forms

Coordinates

horseface

Relateds

pig's ear

Synonyms

dogface