scapegoat
English
/ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt/, /ˈskeɪpˌɡəʊt/
noun
Definitions
- In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
- Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.
Etymology
Compound from English scape (escape) + English goat.
Origin
English
goat
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gatwick English
- antigoat English
- atscape English
- goat English
- goat-rope English
- goatburger English
- goatchafer English
- goatee English
- goaten English
- goatfish English
- goatflesh English
- goatfuck English
- goatfucker English
- goatgrass English
- goathair English
- goatherd English
- goatherder English
- goathood English
- goathouse English
- goating English
- goatish English
- goatkeeper English
- goatkind English
- goatless English
- goatlike English
- goatling English
- goatly English
- goatmeat English
- goatmilk English
- goatpox English
- goatproof English
- goatshair English
- goatskin English
- goatsucker English
- goatwalking English
- goatweed English
- goaty English
- he-goat English
- infoscape English
- scape English
- scape-animal English
- scape-bird English
- scapegallows English
- scapegoater English
- scapegoatish English
- scapegoatism English
- scapegrace English
- scapeless English
- scapiform English
- she-goat English
- wallscape English
- weregoat English
- yardgoat English
- scāpus Latin
- gote Middle English
- koot Marshallese
- koti Tongan (Tonga Islands)
- goti Rotokas
- goat
- scape
- goaty
- goaten
- goatly
- goatee
- he-goat
- goating
- goatpox
- atscape
- Gatwick
- goatish
- antigoat
- goatfuck
- she-goat
- goatfish
- goathood
- goatweed
- goatmeat
- goatmilk
- weregoat
- goatkind
- goatless
- goatling
- yardgoat
- goathair
- goatherd
- goatskin
- goatlike
- goathouse
- goatproof
- wallscape
- infoscape
- scapiform
- scapeless
- goatshair
- goatflesh
- goat-rope
- goatgrass
- goatsucker
- goatherder
- goatkeeper
- goatburger
- scapegrace
- goatfucker
- scape-bird
- goatchafer
- scapegoater
- goatwalking
- scapegoatish
- scapegallows
- scape-animal
- scapegoatism