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horned

English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/, (adjective also) /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nɪd/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nd, -ɔː(ɹ)nɪd

Etymology 1 edit

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”).

Adjective edit

horned (not comparable)

  1. Having horns.
    A goat is a horned animal.
    a bull's head gules, horned argent
    • 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
      The horned moon with one bright star / Within the nether tip.
  2. (obsolete) Cuckolded.
Usage notes edit

This is used in heraldry to specify the color of horns that are distinct in color from the body.

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Etymology 2 edit

See horn (verb).

Verb edit

horned

  1. simple past and past participle of horn

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Etymology edit

From horn +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔrnid/, /ˈhɔrnɛd/
  • (rare) IPA(key): /ˈhɔrnd/

Adjective edit

horned

  1. Possessing horns or a similar projection; horned or horn-bearing.
  2. (rare) Having headwear and hair done with projections like horns.
  3. (rare, of the moon) In its crescent phase; waxing or waning.
  4. (rare) Hornen; crafted or manufactured from horn.

Descendants edit

  • English: horned
  • Scots: hornit, hornt
  • ⇒ Yola: hoornta, hornta

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