a. rare (affected). [ad. Gr. συβωτικός, f. συβώτης swineherd.] Pertaining to a swineherd or his occupation. So Sybotism, the tending of swine.
1876. Daily Tel., 4 Dec. (Cassell’s). He was twitted with his sybotic tendencies,… and was asked what a scholar and a gentleman could possibly see in a fat hog. Ibid. Sybotism.
