horned en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/
- /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nɪd/ (adjective, also)
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Etymology
From Middle English horned, hornyd, from Old English hyrned, ġehyrned (“having horns; horned”), from Proto-Germanic *hurnidaz (“horned”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *hurnijaną (“to horn; provide or fit with horns”); equivalent to horn (“noun”) + -ed. Cognate with Dutch gehoornd (“horned”), German gehörnt (“horned”), Danish hornede (“horned”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having horns.
horned argent
A goat is a horned animal.
The horned moon with one bright star / Within the nether tip.
1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:a bull's head gules
- (not-comparable, obsolete) Cuckolded.
Deriveds
horned up · horned syllogism · three-horned · horned poison · short-horned grasshopper · well horned · spider-tailed horned viper · horned desert viper · horned coot · greater one-horned rhinoceros · horned gopher · regal horned lizard · stag-horned · horned hog · horned lizard · slender-horned gazelle · horned helmet · horned puffin · horned rattlesnake · horned toad · long-horned grasshopper · horned screamer · horned poppy · horned frog · multihorned · horned sungem · horned pansy · well-horned · horned pout · long-horned · horned snake · horned viper · horned sphere · scimitar-horned oryx · strange-horned toad · hickory horned devil · unhorned · horned melon · horned adder · Alexander horned ball · horned violet · horned pie · horned moon · horned owl · Saharan horned viper · horned grebe · horned lark · hornedness · horned dace · horned horse · ornate horned toad · African horned cucumber · long-horned beetle · Alexander horned sphere · great horned owl · thick-horned nudibranch
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Translations (33)
de gehörnt (having horns) · udm сюро (having horns) · uk рога́тий (having horns) · fr accorné (heraldry sense) · it cornuto (having horns) · ru рога́тый (having horns) · rup curnut (having horns) · pt cornudo (having horns) · nl gehoornd (having horns) · pt chifrudo (having horns) · pl rogaty (having horns) · lt raguotas (having horns) · kpv сюра (having horns) · ro cornut (having horns) · sv behornad (having horns) · sk rohatý (having horns) · la corniger (having horns) · es astado (having horns) · gl cornudo (having horns) · cs rohatý (having horns) · fr cornu (having horns) · mk ро́гат (having horns) · be рага́ты (having horns) · bg рога́т (having horns) · mga adarcach (having horns) · ga beannach (having horns) · la cornutus (having horns) · ca banyut (having horns) · ar أَقْرَن (having horns) · el κερασφόρος (having horns) · fa شاخدار (having horns) · fi sarvekas (having horns) · tr boynuzlu (having horns)