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goatish

[ goh-tish ]

adjective

  1. of or like a goat.
  2. lustful; lecherous.


ˈ²µ´Ç²¹³Ù¾±²õ³ó

/ ˈɡəʊ³Ùɪʃ /

adjective

  1. of, like, or relating to a goat
  2. archaic.
    lustful or lecherous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²µ´Ç²¹³Ù¾±²õ³óness, noun
  • ˈ²µ´Ç²¹³Ù¾±²õ³óly, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²µ´Ç²¹³Ùi²õ³ó·±ô²â adverb
  • ²µ´Ç²¹³Ùi²õ³ó·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of goatish1

First recorded in 1520–30; goat + -ish 1
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Example Sentences

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He was likewise goatish in his implacable determination to keep going through mud and cold and scraped shins, with little patience for those who couldn’t keep up.

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Poonachi’s attraction to another kid and her hatred of the yoke are translated into human language only lightly covered in goatish fur.

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What had been depicted by her as a humorous, if ill-advised and goatish, attempt by a law school dean to flirt with her became a nerve-wracking ordeal of near sexual assault in Ms. Warren’s new telling.

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In the book’s most-arresting image, an old goat looks truly goatish, half Pan, half jaded debauchee, as he casts a rakishly appraising glance at the reader.

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Born in the same year as Roth, to a Jewish couple living in New Jersey, the unforgiving, goatish Zuckerman also found notoriety with a feverish monologue recounting the energetic sex life of a Jewish American man.

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