| 单词 | goatishness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈgoatishness ˈgoatishness n. ΚΠ 1598 Riddles of Heraclitus & Democritus sig. C4 That oft, is after goatishnesse so gone, That there is no beast, beastlier than hee. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 190 They that are at the right Hand [sc. before the Judgment of God] must be pure Sheep, harmless, gentle, without any Goatishness in them. 1704 Phosphorus 24 Goatishness, which first began the Fashion, By a Lay-Sister's held for Revelation. 1826 London Mag. July 354 He refuses to join in our sports, and would persuade us there is no sin or goatishness in him. 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Aug. 11 There are times when the goat will preach against goatishness, the frail will testify against frailty. 1978 J. Lecompte Pueblo, Hardscrabble, Greenhorn vi. 58 In motion they lose their goatishness and float over the prairie as lightly as a puff of wind, jumping obstacles in great airy leaps. 2012 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. c10 A banker and apparent philanderer whose goatishness is elided here. < as lemmas |
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