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hircinous

hircinous adjective: of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.

Adjective

hircinous (not comparable)

  1. (rare, book word) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine

Origin of hircinous

From hircine + -ous. By surface analysis, hirc- (“buck, male goat”) + -ine + -ous.

Questions about hircinous

What does hircinous mean?
Hircinous means of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
What part of speech is hircinous?
Hircinous is an adjective.

Words near hircinous in the dictionary

  1. hircars
  2. hircic
  3. hircic acid
  4. hircin
  5. hircine
  6. hircinous
  7. hircismus
  8. hircocervus
  9. hircose
  10. hircosity
  11. hircurra

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