Meanings
comparative goatier · superlative goatiest
- Like a goat, goatlike or redolent of goats.
It’s high in butterfat and protein, and low in bacteria (which is what can give goat cheeses a goaty, barnyard taste).
2011 November 29, Sue Riedl, “Seriously, you need to try this goat cheese”, in The Globe and Mail1 more example
"Your face is curiously like Pan's," said Lou to him at dinner. ¶ It was true, in a commonplace sense. He had the tilted eyebrows, the twinkling goaty look, and the pointed ears of a goat-Pan.
1925, D. H. Lawrence, St Mawr
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goaty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goaty
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