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Definition: HIRCINOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.[Websters]
2. Of a strong goatish smell.[Websters]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb hircinously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(hircinously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hircinous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Hircinous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: HIRCINOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.[Websters]
2. Of a strong goatish smell.[Websters]
3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb hircinously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(hircinously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hircinous.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "HIRCINOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)