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).
Hirci
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Hirci
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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.
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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