goatish
Etymology
goat + -ish
adj
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Goaty, goatlike. Many are the men, of every rank, quality, and degree here, who would much rather riot in these goatish embraces, than share the pure and lawful bliss derived from matrimonial, mutual love. 1774, Edward Long, chapter XIII, in The History of Jamaica, volume II, London: Lowndes, page 328Though I call them satyrs, they showed nothing of the satyr except little horns and a goatish head; all the rest of their form was human. 1887, Benvenuto Cellini, translated by John Addington Symonds, Autobiography, New York: P.F. Collier & Son, published 1910, Book 2, Chapter XXI, p. 294He went through a pantomime of examining a joint of meat, with goatish sniffs. 1934, George Orwell, chapter 7, in Burmese DaysShe was perfumed, and beside the wave of her perfume, Mendel perceived uneasily the heavy, goatish odor of Pavel's sweating body. 1985, Primo Levi, chapter 12, in William Weaver, transl., If Not Now, When?, New York: Summit, page 330
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