adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling a goat
- having a strong, unpleasant smell like that of a goat
Usage: formal; literary
Usage: formal
Examples
- The hircine features of the satyr were carved into the ancient marble.
- His hircine beard gave him a wild, rustic appearance.
- The barn had a distinctly hircine odor from the goat pens.
- The mythological creature displayed hircine characteristics in its lower body.
- She wrinkled her nose at the hircine smell emanating from his clothes.
- The artist emphasized the hircine nature of the forest deity in his painting.