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horniness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English horny Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English horniness From horny + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Quality of being horny, of having a texture like horn.
    • the horniness of a hoof
  2. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) The state, quality, or extent of being horny or sexually excited.
    • I'm not thinking we're star-crossed lovers or anything. I've mistaken regular-ass horniness for the cosmic pull of destiny before. And I always ended up worse for it. 2021 June 15 [2020 March 13], Takako Shimura, translated by Jocelyne Allen, edited by Shannon Fay, Even Though We're Adults, volume 2, Seven Seas Entertainment, →ISBN, page 72:
    • He was visited on a lunar basis by these great unspecific waves of horniness, whereby all women within a certain age group and figure envelope became immediately and impossibly desirable. 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V., →ISBN, page 32:
    • Horniness is just a mental state with a physical repercussion. 2015, Bink Cummings, MC Chronicles, The Diary of Bink Cummings, Vol. 2
    • “Less Lonely,” Tom’s solo comedy show about their quest for love, sex and gender confirmation “at the end of the world,” swerves between self-deprecation, vulnerability and shameless horniness. 2023 December 14, Gina Cherelus, “The Trans Comic Looking for Love ‘at the End of the World’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
    • I was about to collapse into a ritual of frustrated horniness (fantasy, masturbation, snacks) when a friend urged me to join her and two other women for dinner. 2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Synonyms

randiness

Translations (21)

es arrechera (sexual excitement) · el κάβλα (sexual excitement) · nn kjæte (sexual excitement) · es calentura (sexual excitement) · is gredda (sexual excitement) · nn kåtleik (sexual excitement) · nn kåtskap (sexual excitement) · el καύλα (sexual excitement) · sv kåthet (sexual excitement) · de Geilheit (sexual excitement) · sv kättja (sexual excitement) · sh uspaljenost (sexual excitement) · tl utog (sexual excitement) · es calentón (sexual excitement) · sh uzavrelost (sexual excitement) · es arrechura (sexual excitement) · tl pangangandi (sexual excitement) · sh napaljenost (sexual excitement) · ga adharcacht (sexual excitement) · nl geilheid (sexual excitement) · fi kiimaisuus (sexual excitement)