Meaning of hircine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats.
   not-comparable
2. Possessed of an odour reminiscent of goats.
3. Libidinous; lustful.

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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