"hircine" meaning in English

See hircine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈhɜːsaɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɝsaɪn/ [US], /ˈhɝsɪn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hircine.wav Forms: more hircine [comparative], most hircine [superlative], hirquine [alternative, rare]
Etymology: First attested in its present form in 1650–1660: From Middle English hircyne, from Latin hircīnus (“of a goat”, “goat-scented”); equivalent to hircus (“a male goat”) + -īnus (“-ine”). Cognate with French hircin. Compare caprine, haedine. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hircyne}} Middle English hircyne, {{der|en|la|hircīnus||of a goat”, “goat-scented}} Latin hircīnus (“of a goat”, “goat-scented”), {{cog|fr|hircin}} French hircin Head templates: {{en-adj}} hircine (comparative more hircine, superlative most hircine)
  1. (book word, not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats): مَعَزِيّ (maʕaziyy) (Arabic), مَعْزِيّ (maʕziyy) (Arabic), казі́ны (kazíny) (Belarusian), ко́зи (kózi) (Bulgarian), kozí (Czech), hircin (French), Ziegen- (German), kozi (Polish), hircino (Portuguese), ко́зий (kózij) (Russian), kozí (Slovak), caprario (Spanish), ко́зячий (kózjačyj) (Ukrainian), кози́ний (kozýnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-hircine-en-adj-Vrxm4sep Categories (other): Goats Disambiguation of Goats: 41 50 0 10 Disambiguation of 'of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats': 92 8 0
  2. Possessed of an odour reminiscent of goats. Synonyms (goat-scented): goaty, hircinous (alt: botany and zoölogy), hircose [archaic, rare]
    Sense id: en-hircine-en-adj-u094rfBj Categories (other): Goats Disambiguation of Goats: 41 50 0 10 Disambiguation of 'goat-scented': 33 42 26
  3. Libidinous; lustful. Synonyms (excessively desirous): lascivious, libidinous, lustful, lusty
    Sense id: en-hircine-en-adj-TDC3cChP Disambiguation of 'excessively desirous': 2 23 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (pertaining to goats): hircic, hircose [archaic, rare], caprine, goaten [poetic, rare], goatish, goaty Derived forms: hircinous
Disambiguation of 'pertaining to goats': 45 55 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɜːsaɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɝsaɪn/ [US], /ˈhɝsɪn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hircine.wav Forms: hirquine [alternative, rare]
Etymology: First attested in its present form in 1650–1660: From Middle English hircyne, from Latin hircīnus (“of a goat”, “goat-scented”); equivalent to hircus (“a male goat”) + -īnus (“-ine”). Cognate with French hircin. Compare caprine, haedine. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hircyne}} Middle English hircyne, {{der|en|la|hircīnus||of a goat”, “goat-scented}} Latin hircīnus (“of a goat”, “goat-scented”), {{cog|fr|hircin}} French hircin Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} hircine (uncountable)
  1. (mineralogy) A fossil amorphous resin which, when burnt, gives off a pungent, hircinous aroma. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (hircinous resin): hircite
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Alternative forms

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