Dictionary

goaty en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡəʊti/ (UK)
• /ˈɡoʊti/ (General-American)

Etymology

From goat + -y.

Meanings

1. Like a goat, goatlike or redolent of goats.
   • "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. 1925, D. H. Lawrence, St Mawr:
   • It’s high in butterfat and protein, and low in bacteria (which is what can give goat cheeses a goaty, barnyard taste). 2011 November 29, Sue Riedl, “Seriously, you need to try this goat cheese”, in The Globe and Mail:

Forms

Deriveds

goatiness

Relateds

goaten · goatlike · goatish · caprine · haedine · hircine