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goatish

[ goh-tish ]

adjective

  1. of or like a goat.
  2. lustful; lecherous.


ˈgoatish

/ ˈɡəʊtɪʃ /

adjective

  1. of, like, or relating to a goat
  2. archaic.
    lustful or lecherous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈgoatishness, noun
  • ˈgoatishly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • goatish·ly adverb
  • goatish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of goatish1

First recorded in 1520–30; goat + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

"There seems almost to have been a little quarrelling here," said the man with the goatish beard.

An admirable evasion of a libertine to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!

Such shameless neglect of angel morality, and yet such fidgetting about a goatish beard!

His face looked like that of a very old, very unhuman, and very goatish satyr.

Hircine, hėr′sīn, adj. goat-like: having a strong goatish smell.

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