Hircine means goat-like, having a strong odor, or lustful/lewd. The adjective comes from the Latin "hircus" (goat).
Hircine bedeutet ziegenartig, stark riechend oder lustvoll/lüstern. Das Adjektiv stammt vom lateinischen "hircus" (Ziege) ab.
| Front | hircine \HUHR-syn, -sin\ |
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| Back | adjective 1. Of or relating to a goat. 2. Having a strong odor. 3. Lustful; lewd. [From Latin hircus (goat). Earliest documented use: 1656.] "The showgirls, all looking to be in their early 20s, came out and posed next to the hircine and bearded Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill, the guitarist and the bassist." |
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