goatish
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- adjective
- /ˈɡoʊtɪʃ/
- Offensive
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lascivo
- I am old and goatish in my boxers.
Examples
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He was a short, goatish man, wearing a blue suit with white pinstripes and a Phi Beta Kappa key pin in his lapel.
Fiction book (2000) -
See also Edward Long's impassioned plea for marriage and diatribe against "goatish embraces" between white men and black or colored slave mistresses.
Academic text (1994) -
He said that if Capricorns would only embrace their goatish nature, they could be the most successful people on earth.
Fiction book (1998) -
"When I am among women I have evil thoughts," Keats wrote, and he describes these thoughts elsewhere as "goatish, winnyish, lustful love."
Academic text (1999) -
There was a sort of hippity-hoppity bunny rabbit quality to Pan's erratic melody, but also a roaming goatish quality, stubborn, rough, and lean.
Fiction book (1990) -
When he learned of Descartes's funeral, some morbid (or goatish) curiosity drew him, sore of hoof, to Ste. Genevieve-du-Mont.
Fiction book (1990) -
His goatish behavior at the party made everyone uncomfortable.
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The actor is known for his goatish roles in romantic comedies.
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Despite his goatish reputation, he was quite shy in real life.
Synonyms
Showing strong sexual interest that makes other people feel uncomfortable
How Lewd
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Goatish comes from the simple English word goat plus the ending -ish, which means 'like'. Goats were often thought to be very lustful animals, so goatish describes someone acting lewd or showing strong sexual desire.