Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goaten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: goat-en
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a goat, or like that which belongs to a goat; goatish

Example Sentences

"[…] The angels you can ne'er salute, For see, you have a goaten foot."
"The limpid wave reveals a goaten foot."
"Each and every one started to give vent to its own particular voice—from the deep bass of one of the larger ones, whose human upper part and goaten extremities were dead black, to an evil kind of reedy chuckle that came from one of the nameless brutes — […]"
"Once down by the southern Sea I lay on a boulder, Wrung as lately my kin Spirit, when breaking through Olives, the Spook of Noon With goaten foot flicked me: […]"

Etymology

From goat + -en. Compare Old English gǣten (“of goats; goaten”), German geißen (“of goats; goaten”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽 (gaitein).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: goat

Inflected Forms

more goaten (comparative) most goaten (superlative)

Synonyms

hircine

Questions

What does goaten mean?: Of a goat, or like that which belongs to a goat; goatish
Where does goaten come from?: From goat + -en. Compare Old English gǣten (“of goats; goaten”), German geißen (“of goats; goaten”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽 (gaitein).

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