hircine

UK /ˈhɜːsaɪn/ US /ˈhɝsaɪn/
adj 3noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats.

They are monſtrouſly fat, and have a moſt hircine ſmell.

1838, Hypericaceæ, entry in The Penny Cyclopaedia, Volume 12, page 411, Many are objects of ornament, but they are little cultivated because they have frequently a disagreeable hircine odour.

2

Possessed of an odour reminiscent of goats.

3

Libidinous; lustful.

noun

1

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

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