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Hirci

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:04 pm
by LukeJavan8
hairs growing under the arm - HIRCI (Now you have a word for everything! This one, I hate to tell you, comes from the Latin hircus - a he-goat


(from Bailey's list).

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:53 pm
by Slava
And if one is an old goat, or just resembles or smells like one, one is hircine.

hir·cine
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or resembling a goat.
2. having a goatish odor.
3. lustful; libidinous.

Hirci and hircine both stressed on the first syllable. Hirci as in mercy, hircine as in her sign.

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:17 pm
by LukeJavan8
another of those 'ine' words:
bovine, porcine,etc.