ambitious vs hircine

ambitious

adj
  • Very desirous 

  • Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition 

  • Hard to achieve. 

  • Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction. 

hircine

adj
  • Libidinous; lustful. 

  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats. 

  • Possessed of an odour reminiscent of goats. 

noun
  • A fossil amorphous resin which, when burnt, gives off a pungent, hircinous aroma. 

How often have the words ambitious and hircine occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )