hircine

English - Turkish

Definition of hircine in English Turkish dictionary

şehvetli

keçi gibi

keçi kokulu

şehvetli/keçi gibi

English - English

Definition of hircine in English English dictionary

A fossil amorphous resin which, when burnt, gives off a pungent, hircinous aroma

Libidinous; lustful; excessively and overweeningly desirous

Possessed of an odour reminiscent of goats

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats.“hircine” defined by WordNet® 3·0, © 2006 by Princeton University

Resembling or smelling like a goat

Of a strong goatish smell

Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats

Of or pertaining to goats

of or pertaining to or suggestive of a goat (especially in strong odor)

Hyphenation

hir·cine

Synonyms

hircic, hircose, hircinous, lascivious, libidinous, lustful, lusty, hircite

Etymology

() First attested in its present form in 1650–1660:“” defined by Dictionary.com Unabridged, © Random House, Inc. 2009 From Middle English hircyne“hircine” listed in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, from Latin hircīnus (“of a goat”, “goat-scented”);“” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary “hircine” listed in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. equivalent to hirc(us) (“he-goat”) + -īnus (“-ine”). Cognates: French hircin. Compare caprine, haedine.