goatish

[ goh-tish ]

/ ˈgoʊ tɪʃ /

of or like a goat.

lustful; lecherous.

Origin of goatish

First recorded in 1520–30; goat + -ish¹

goat·ish·ly, adverb goat·ish·ness, noun

Such shameless neglect of angel morality, and yet such fidgetting about a goatish beard!

The Life of Benjamin Franklin |Mason Locke Weems
An admirable evasion of a libertine to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!

Astronomical Myths |John F. Blake
It is a white-faced, lying beast, with a most goatish beard.

The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay |Maurice Hewlett
We were determined that Mrs. Rand should not say that girls at best were "goatish."

Vacation with the Tucker Twins |Nell Speed

"There seems almost to have been a little quarrelling here," said the man with the goatish beard.

The Ball and The Cross |G.K. Chesterton

goatish

/ (ˈɡəʊtɪʃ) /

of, like, or relating to a goat

archaic, or literary lustful or lecherous

goatishly, adverb goatishness, noun