goatish
Like a billy
Goatish means resembling or characteristic of a goat—in appearance, smell, or behavior.
The word most often suggests lustfulness, since goats have long symbolized lechery: a goatish old man leering at young women.
The term is literary and uncommon in contemporary usage.
Showing excessive sexual desire
- randySexually aroused, informally
- libidinousHaving strong carnal desires
- lasciviousOvertly sexual in manner
- carnalRelating to physical urges
lewd · licentious · Pan · satyr · priapic · ruttish · salacious · concupiscent
Relating to goats
- herdGrazing animals together
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- hoovesUngulate foot coverings
- bleatSheep's wavering cry
billy · nanny · kid · butting · cloven · horned · pasture · flock
Firmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- contraryOpposed in nature
intractable · recalcitrant · unruly · ornery · cantankerous · balky · perverse
Playfully fanciful or erratic
- fickleErratically disloyal in affection
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
mercurial · flighty · changeable · skittish · wayward · quirky · temperamental · volatile
lecherous
Showing excessive sexual desire
- randySexually aroused, informally
- libidinousHaving strong carnal desires
- lasciviousOvertly sexual in manner
carnal · lewd · licentious · Pan · satyr · priapic · ruttish · salacious · concupiscent · prurient
caprine
Relating to goats
bleat · billy · nanny · kid · butting · cloven · horned · pasture · flock · domesticated
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
contrary · intractable · recalcitrant · unruly · ornery · cantankerous · balky · perverse
whimsical
Playfully fanciful or erratic
- fickleErratically disloyal in affection
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
unpredictable · mercurial · flighty · changeable · skittish · wayward · quirky · temperamental · volatile · inconstant
whiskers
Facial sensory hairs
scruff · stubble · mane · shaggy · vandyke · hirsute · whiskered
goatishcelibate
Abstaining from sex
chaste · pure · frigid · undersexed · abstinent
goatishrefined
Purified or cultured
genteel · delicate · cultivated · polished · restrained
goat, goats, goatee, goatskin, goatherd, goaty, billy goat, nanny goat