Resembling a goat in appearance, behavior, or characteristics.
Compound of 'goat' + 'like' (Old English 'lic' meaning 'of the form or appearance of'). A direct descriptive comparison format used since Old English.
The '-like' suffix is ancient and shows how English speakers think in comparisons—instead of creating new words, we just compare to what we know, making '-like' one of our most productive modifiers!
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