Definition of Goatish

1. a. Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.

Definition of Goatish

1. Adjective. Goaty, goatlike. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Goatish

1. resembling a goat [adj] - See also: goat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goatish

goateed
goatees
goatfish
goatfishes
goatherd
goatherder
goatherders
goatherds
goathood
goatier
goatiest
goating
goatings
goatish (current term)
goatishly
goatishness
goatlike
goatling
goatlings
goatly
goatmilk
goatpox
goatpox virus
goatproof
goats
goats' milk
goatsbeard
goatsbeards

Literary usage of Goatish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"I. lustful after the be- goat, rutting; 2. goatish, (smelling) like a goat, ... 30<f tf(b, adj. goatish ; lewd. ..."

2. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"him and his filthy beard, his goatish complexion, as Doris said of Polyphemus,l fotus qui saniem, ..."

3. Erasmus in Praise of Folly: With Portrait, Life of Erasmus, and His Epistle by Desiderius Erasmus (1922)
"The goatish satyrs may make up a merry ball, and Pan, the blind harper, may put up his bagpipes and sing bawdy catches, to which the gods, especially when ..."

4. The Age Reviewed: A Satire: in Two Parts by Robert Montgomery (1827)
"A goatish thing—he lives on ogling eyes, On scented handkerchiefs, and woman's sighs! Its door-acquirements, and revolving limb, Its luscious prate, ..."

5. Catalogue of the African Plants by William Philip Hiern, Alfred Barton Rendle, Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch (1900)
"... the whole plant emitting a goatish smell; stem beset with whitish hairs ; flowers large, white. In thickets near Boa Vista ; fr. March 1854. ..."

6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The quality of being goatish ; lustfulness ; salaciousness. Pray you, sir, observe him ; He is a mountaineer, ..."

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