henny
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Blend of horse + jenny, or variant of hinny?
Noun edit
henny (plural hennies)
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
henny (comparative hennier, superlative henniest)
- Resembling or characteristic of a hen.
- 1921, Journal of Genetics, volumes 1-12, page 41:
- Some intermediates differ but slightly from a purely henny bird in appearance. The majority of the saddle feathers are typically henny, but scattered among them are a few in which the tip of the feather exhibits the lack of barbules […]