different between goat vs camlet

English

Etymology

From Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English g?t, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

The sense of lecherous man derives from the slang expression "horny as a goat".

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t/, /???t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?t/, [?o??(t?)], [?o?(?)t?]
• Rhymes: -??t
• (Scotland, Canada, North-East England) IPA^(key): /?o?t/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /????t/

Noun

goat (plural goats)

1. A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.
   1. (uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal.

2. (slang) A lecherous man.
3. (informal) A scapegoat.
   • 2008, "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008

     Fernando Rodney, the goat in Sunday's 10th inning loss to Tampa Bay, threw three nearly perfect innings in relief on Tuesday after being demoted from the closer role.

   • 1997, "1997 World Series", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas

     Tony Fernández, who has worn hero's laurels throughout the postseason including earlier in this seventh game of the World Series, now cruel as it may seem, perhaps being fitted for goat horns.

4. (slang) A Pontiac GTO car.
5. (speech recognition) A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
6. A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.

Synonyms

• (lecherous man): See also Thesaurus:libertine
• (scapegoat): See also Thesaurus:scapegoat

Holonyms

• (group of goats): tribe, herd

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Abenaki: kots (from "goats")
• ? Marshallese: koot
• ? Rotokas: goti

Translations

See also

• chevon
• ewe
• herd
• hircine
• kid
• ram
• tribe
• Appendix:collective nouns objects-G

Verb

goat (third-person singular simple present goats, present participle goating, simple past and past participle goated)

1. (transitive) To allow goats to feed on.
   • 1918, Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report - Page 51

     Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather […] For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously

2. (transitive) To scapegoat.
   • 2001, "A worthy Rusch to judgment", in USA Today, July 15, 2001

     John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save

Anagrams

• gato, Gøta, Toga, atgo, toga, TOGA

West Frisian

Noun

goat c (plural goaten, diminutive goatsje)

1. Alternative form of goate

English

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (?amla, “velvet”), via Old French chamelot to Middle English chamelet.

Noun

camlet (countable and uncountable, plural camlets)

1. A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.
2. A garment made from such a fabric.
   • July 1, 1660, Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys

     This morning came home my fine Camlett cloak, with gold buttons, and a silk suit, which cost me much money, and I pray God to make me able to pay for it.

   • 1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, Chapter 4

     With this announcement he hurried away to the outer door of the Blue Dragon, and almost immediately returned with a companion shorter than himself, who was wrapped in an old blue camlet cloak with a lining of faded scarlet.

   • 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Refugees, Chapter 3

     She was richly clad in a bodice of gold-coloured camlet and a skirt of gray silk trimmed with gold and silver lace.

Translations

Anagrams

• Mactel