capri-, capr- +

1. Having feet like those of a goat.
2. Goat-footed; such as, a satyr.

A satyr, with goat feet.

1. To bound, or to jump, to be uneven in motion.
2. Bounding; leaping; used to describe a large-volume pulse.

Of or pertaining to an animal odor; such as, a goat.

The Indian antelope, or Antilope bezoartica, or Antilopa Cervicapra; is noted for its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent horns.

It is about two and a half feet in height, of a reddish-brown color, with a white stomach and feet, has long naked ears, and a short, erect tail. The horns are black, about twelve inches long, and bent like a lyre.

The Cervicaprine inhabits Barbary, Egypt, Arabia, and Syria, and is about half the size of a fallow deer. It lives in large flocks, is easily tamed, although it is naturally very timid; and its flesh is considered to be excellent food.

1. A V-shaped symbol, especially a badge or insignia consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve of a military or police uniform to indicate rank, merit, or length of service.
2. A heraldic ornament in the form of a wide inverted V-shape.
3. Etymology: from Old French chevron, "rafter"; since it looks like rafters of a shallow roof, from Vulgar Latin caprione, from Latin caper, "goat"; the likely connection between goats and rafters (from the meeting of rafters at an angle) is believed to be the resemblance to the animal's angular hind legs.

Honesty is praised and left out in the cold. Gardens, palaces, rich tables, old silver, and those embossed goats on the cups; men owe these to their crimes.

From Decimus Iunius (Junius) Iuvenalis (Juvenalis) (c. A.D. 60-117); Saturae, I, 74; who attacked the vices of the plutocrats, the wickedness and immorality of women and foreigners (particularly Greeks), and laments the decline of the ancient aristocratic virtues.

He quarrels over goat's hair.

"He quibbles over straws." Fabric woven of wool was prized, fabric woven of goat's hair was not.

1. A reference to chamoix or chamois: hoofed mammals of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips.
2. A soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin.
3. Also chammy or shammy: a soft pliant leather prepared from the skin of the chamois or from sheepskin. 4. A cotton fabric made in imitation of chamois leather.
5. Etymology: from Middle French, from Late Latin camox; a small goatlike bovid (Rupicapra rupicapra) of mountainous regions from southern Europe to the Caucasus.

1. The parallel of latitude 23° 27' south of the equator, the southern boundary of the Torrid Zone, and the most southerly latitude at which the sun can shine directly overhead (at the December solstice).
2. In astronomy, the Goat, a zodiacal constellation between Sagittarius and Aquarius.