adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

hircine

Etymology

By surface analysis, hirc- (“buck, male goat”) + -ose. Ultimately related to Latin hircīnus (“of a goat”, “goat-scented”)

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