hornify en · VERB
Etymology
From horny + -fy and/or horn + -ify.
Meanings
-
(transitive) To make horny, or like horn in texture; to harden.
We see in Figure 8 that the hornified cuticle runs continuously over the cementum […]
1930, The Journal of the American Dental Association: Volume 17:
-
(colloquial, transitive) To make horny; to excite sexually; to arouse.
The air and the water hornified him. Then he met her. The sun was making her horny, and the sunset got her horny, and the moon, and the trees and the birds, they all got her horny[…]
2005, Jeff Harris, Fay and Eddy, page 88:
-
(obsolete, transitive) To horn; to cuckold.
My Wife has hornified me.
c. 1608–1613, Nathan Field, John Fletcher, “Four Playes, or Morall Representations, in One”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hornifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| hornifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hornified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hornified | Tense=Past | lexicographic |