goaty

English

Etymology

From goat +‎ -y.

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Adjective

goaty (comparative goatier, superlative goatiest)

  1. Like a goat, goatlike or redolent of goats.
    • 1925, D. H. Lawrence, St Mawr‎[1]:
      "Your face is curiously like Pan's," said Lou to him at dinner. ¶ It was true, in a commonplace sense. He had the tilted eyebrows, the twinkling goaty look, and the pointed ears of a goat-Pan.
    • 2011 November 29, Sue Riedl, “Seriously, you need to try this goat cheese”, in The Globe and Mail:
      It’s high in butterfat and protein, and low in bacteria (which is what can give goat cheeses a goaty, barnyard taste).

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