Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
goatish [goh-tish] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- of or like a goat.
- lustful; lecherous.
Origin of goatish First recorded in 1520–30; goat + -ish1 Related formsgoat·ish·ly, adverbgoat·ish·ness, noun Examples from the Web for goatish Historical Examples of goatish
We were determined that Mrs. Rand should not say that girls at best were “goatish.”
Vacation with the Tucker Twins
Nell Speed
It is a white-faced, lying beast, with a most goatish beard.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay
Maurice Hewlett
“There seems almost to have been a little quarrelling here,” said the man with the goatish beard.
G.K. Chesterton
An admirable evasion of a libertine to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
John F. Blake
Such shameless neglect of angel morality, and yet such fidgetting about a goatish beard!
Mason Locke Weems
British Dictionary definitions for goatish goatish adjective
- of, like, or relating to a goat
- archaic, or literary lustful or lecherous
Derived Formsgoatishly, adverbgoatishness, noun Word Origin and History for goatish adj.