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/ˈhɜːsaɪn/ · adjective
(book word, not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats..
1838, Hypericaceæ, entry in The Penny Cyclopaedia, Volume 12, page 411, Many are objects of ornament, but they are little cultivated because they have frequently a disagreeable hircine odour.
They are monſtrouſly fat, and have a moſt hircine ſmell.
People always smiled a little when they looked at Skøieren, and it was surely true that this dog had a most whimsical appearance, practically lost as he was in the depths of his hircine coat of fur.
Linnæus formed seven classes of odours of medicines; namely, the aromatic, fragrant, ambrosiac, alliaceous, hircine, fetid, and nauseous.
Use hircine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hircine means (book word, not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats..
Common synonyms include hircic, hircose, caprine, goaten.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1838, Hypericaceæ, entry in The Penny Cyclopaedia, Volume 12, page 411, Many are objects of ornament, but they are little cultivated because they have frequently a disagreeable hircine odour.
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