Hircine vs Caprine - What's the difference?
hircine | caprine |
(not comparable) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats.“hircine” defined by WordNet® 3·0, © 2006 by Princeton University
* 1781 , Thomas Pennant, History of Quadrupeds , Volume 2,
* 1838 , Hypericaceæ'', entry in ''The Penny Cyclopaedia , Volume 12,
* 1992 , Helge Ingstad, Land of Feast and Famine ,
* 1820 , J. J. Virsey, The Natural History of Medicines, Aliments and Poisons, taken from the Kingdoms of Nature'', ''The London Medical and Physical Journal , Volume 44,
Possessed of an odour reminiscent of goats.
Libidinous; lustful; excessively and overweeningly desirous.
(mineralogy) A fossil amorphous resin which, when burnt, gives off a pungent, hircinous aroma.
Any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe .
* 2008 , Charles R. Peters, et al.'', ''3: Paleoecology of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem'', A. R. E. Sinclair, Craig Packer, Simon A. R. Mduma, John M. Fryxell (editors, ''Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics ,
* 2010 , Aharon Sasson, Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel: A Zooarchaeological Perspective on Livestock Exploitation, Herd Management and Economic Strategies ,
* 2011 , Joy McCorriston, Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East ,
As adjectives the difference between hircine and caprine
is that hircine is of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats.“hircine” defined by WordNet® 3·0, © 2006 by Princeton University while caprine is of or relating to goats.As nouns the difference between hircine and caprine
is that hircine is a fossil amorphous resin which, when burnt, gives off a pungent, hircinous aroma while caprine is any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe tribe: Caprini.hircine
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Alternative forms
* hirquine (rare)Adjective
(en adjective)page 528,
- They are mon?trou?ly fat, and have a mo?t hircine ?mell.
page 411,
- Many[plants of family Hypericaceae] are objects of ornament, but they are little cultivated because they have frequently a disagreeable hircine odour.
page 291,
- People always smiled a little when they looked at Skøieren, and it was surely true that this dog had a most whimsical appearance, practically lost as he was in the depths of his hircine coat of fur.
page 247,
- Linnæus formed seven classes of odours of medicines; namely, the aromatic, fragrant, ambrosiac, alliaceous, hircine , fetid, and nauseous.
Derived terms
* hircinousSynonyms
* (pertaining to goats) hircic, hircose * (goat-scented) hircose * (excessively desirous) lascivious, libidinous, lustful, lustyNoun
(-)Synonyms
* (hircinous resin) hirciteReferences
caprine
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See also
* haedine * hircineNoun
(en noun)page 77,
- By the late Holocene, most archaeological sites in the central Rift Valley display a significant pastoralist occupation and are dominated by cattle and caprines', while others preserve an abundant wild grassland fauna with substantial numbers of cattle and ' caprines (Gifford, Isaac, and Nelson 1980).
page 47,
- For instance, the graph of the Early Bronze Age sites shows that the relative frequency of caprines in regions 1, 2, and 3 does not differ significantly.
page 123,
- Middle seventh-millennium BC domesticated caprines near the Red Sea coast may be introductions from across the Red Sea or along its coastal margins from the north (Vermeersch et al. 1994: 39), perhaps emphasizing the Red Sea littoral as a distinctive cultural area rather than a barrier or route to somewhere else.