Friday, January 13, 2006

Word of the Day

Word of the Day

hircine (adj)

Of or characteristic of a goat, especially in strong odor.

"Gomel, who established himself as being hircine before anything else, was as stocky as an opera hat, with a bullet head and stainless-steel false teeth."
--Richard Condon, The Manchurian Candidate

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