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🧔 With a small beard 🐐 Like a goat
goaty

goaty

8.2
Smelling, tasting, or looking like a goat
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡoʊti/
translation icon : caprino
  • After hiking near the farm, his clothes smelled a bit goaty.

Examples

  • The old barn had a distinctly goaty odor that lingered in the air.

  • Some people enjoy the goaty flavor of certain cheeses, while others find it too strong.

  • The cheese had a goaty flavor that I didn't enjoy.

  • That dish tasted a bit too goaty for my liking.

  • The cheese had a strong, goaty flavor that reminded me of the farm.

  • With her goaty features, she looked like she belonged in a pastoral painting.

  • The dish was seasoned with herbs that gave it a goaty aroma, characteristic of traditional recipes.

Synonyms

goatlike
vsgoaty
1 3.4

Having a small beard, short horns, and a sure-footed way of moving

is broader, covering smell, taste, and behavior not only appearance
hircine
vsgoaty
  • Archaic
9.9

Having a strong smell like a goat

is broader, applying to appearance, taste, and behavior as well as smell

How Goat-like

goaty
8.2
goatlike
1 3.4
caprine
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

goaty positive

Morphology

goaty = goat (transparent) = goat + y

Standard adjectival formation from 'goat' with '-y', yielding a straightforward 'resembling or characteristic of a goat' meaning.

Etymology

The word goaty comes from the word goat with the ending -y, which means 'like'. It describes things that remind you of a goat, for example a barn smell or the strong taste of some cheeses, so we call those smells or tastes 'goaty'.