capriped

English

Etymology

From Latin capriped-, capripēs.[1]

Adjective

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

capriped (plural capripeds)

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

Alternative forms

References
  1. “capriped, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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