hircine

comparative more hircine · superlative most hircine · alternative rare hirquine

1. not comparablebook wordOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats.

   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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   They are monſtrouſly fat, and have a moſt hircine ſmell.

   1781, Thomas Pennant, History of Quadrupeds, volume 2, page 528

   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.

   1992, Helge Ingstad, Land of Feast and Famine, page 291

   Linnæus formed seven classes of odours of medicines; namely, the aromatic, fragrant, ambrosiac, alliaceous, hircine, fetid, and nauseous.

   1820, J. J. Virsey, The Natural History of Medicines, Aliments and Poisons, taken from the Kingdoms of Nature: The London Medical and Physical Journal, volume 44, page 247

2. Possessed of an odour reminiscent of goats.

   Synonyms: goaty, hircinous, hircose

3. Libidinous; lustful.

   Synonyms: lascivious, libidinous, lustful, lusty

alternative rare hirquine

1. uncountablechemistryA fossil amorphous resin which, when burnt, gives off a pungent, hircinous aroma.

   Synonyms: hircite