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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

He was likewise goatish in his implacable determination to keep going through mud and cold and scraped shins, with little patience for those who couldn’t keep up.

Poonachi’s attraction to another kid and her hatred of the yoke are translated into human language only lightly covered in goatish fur.

What had been depicted by her as a humorous, if ill-advised and goatish, attempt by a law school dean to flirt with her became a nerve-wracking ordeal of near sexual assault in Ms. Warren’s new telling.

In the book’s most-arresting image, an old goat looks truly goatish, half Pan, half jaded debauchee, as he casts a rakishly appraising glance at the reader.

Born in the same year as Roth, to a Jewish couple living in New Jersey, the unforgiving, goatish Zuckerman also found notoriety with a feverish monologue recounting the energetic sex life of a Jewish American man.

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