单词 | goatly |
释义 | goatlyadj. Now somewhat rare. Of, resembling, or reminiscent of a goat; goat-like, goatish; = goaty adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [adjective] goatish?1499 goaty1600 caprine1607 hircine1656 goatly1658 capriform1847 1658 J. Jones in tr. Ovid Invective against Ibis Comm. 49 Why then should the dry Goatly Fathers of his Holiness rob their Lay-children of their due share in that cup of blessing in the Sacrament? 1718 A. Ramkins Mem. 92 I perceiv'd this Goatly Clergyman was of a different Stamp to the Generality of his Countrymen. 1794 ‘C. P. Pindar’ Odes of Consequence 11 Certes, thy goatly blood unsullied flow'd From the fam'd Goat, which Shanaph Morgan strode. 1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 338 I started first, as some Arcadian, Amazed by goatly God in twilight grove. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country 250 Some ruddle, faint remainder, (we admit) Stuck to Miranda, rubbed he ne'er so rude Against the goatly coarseness. 1958 Yale French Stud. No. 21. 172 Not only does it caper like a goat, it capers right out of its goatly existence to become..a foot-stool. 2014 J. M. del Negro Folktales Aloud 13 This is a good place for repeating ‘nibble nibble nibble,’ adding in the goatly ‘baaaah’! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1658 |
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