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Hirci

Postby LukeJavan8 » Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:04 pm

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).
-----please, draw me a sheep-----

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Postby Slava » Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:53 pm

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.
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Postby LukeJavan8 » Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:17 pm

another of those 'ine' words:
bovine, porcine,etc.
-----please, draw me a sheep-----


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