HIRCINE
\hˈɜːsiːn], \hˈɜːsiːn], \h_ˈɜː_s_iː_n]\
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Pertaining to or resembling a goat: having a strong, rank smell like a goat: goatish. "Goat like in aspect, and very hircine in many of its habits, the chamois is often supposed to belong to the goats rather than to the antelopes."-J. G. Wood. "The landlady… pulled a hircine man or two hither, and pushed a hircine man or two thither, with the impassive countenance of a housewife moving her furniture."-C. Reade.
By Daniel Lyons
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].