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.

Alternative forms edit

References edit

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