They are monſtrouſly fat, and have a moſt hircine ſmell.
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Hircine
//ˈhɜːsaɪn//
Synonyms for "hircine" (36 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (18)
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Translations
14 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مَعَزِيّ adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
- مَعْزِيّ adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
Belarusian
1 entries- казі́ны adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ко́зи adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
Czech
1 entries- kozí adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
French
1 entries- hircin adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
German
1 entries- Ziegen adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
Polish
1 entries- kozi adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
Portuguese
1 entries- hircino adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
Russian
1 entries- ко́зий adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
Slovak
1 entries- kozí adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
Spanish
1 entries- caprario adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ко́зячий adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
- кози́ний adj (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
1838, Hypericaceæ, entry in The Penny Cyclopaedia, Volume 12, page 411, Many are objects of ornament, but they are little cultivated because they have frequently a disagreeable hircine odour.
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People always smiled a little when they looked at Skøieren, and it was surely true that this dog had a most whimsical appearance, practically lost as he was in the depths of his hircine coat of fur.
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Linnæus formed seven classes of odours of medicines; namely, the aromatic, fragrant, ambrosiac, alliaceous, hircine, fetid, and nauseous.
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