adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine not-comparable, rare

Synonyms

All synonyms

hircine

Etymology

From hircine + -ous. By surface analysis, hirc- (“buck, male goat”) + -ine + -ous.

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