capriped

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin capriped-, capripēs.[1]

Adjective[edit]

capriped (not comparable)

  1. Having or relating to feet like those of a goat.
    • 1876 June 29, Frank Carpenter, “Notes of the Wheeler Expedition”, in Forest and Stream, volume 6, number 21, →ISSN, page 336:
      [] so deep in the confidence of nature in general that they seem to belong to the forest, and to be fellows with its denizens, like the capriped satyrs []

Noun[edit]

capriped (plural capripeds)

  1. (mythology) A goat-footed person; a satyr.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ capriped, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.