/ˈhɔːni/, /ˈhoɹni/
OriginFrom Middle English horny, equivalent to horn + -y. Compare German hornig. Compare also Dutch hoornachtig, Swedish hornaktig, Old English hyrniġ (“angular”). Piecewise doublet of corny.
- Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.
“Two Dwarfs were at the bellows, another was holding a piece of red-hot metal on the anvil with a pair of tongs, a fourth was hammering it, and two, wiping their horny little hands on a greasy cloth, w”
- Having the hard consistency and pale colour of an animal's horn.
“She could not see, for her whitish eyes were covered with a horny film.”
- Having horns.
“In 1997, 4th and 5th grade Waterville Elementary students told me they saw Short-horned lizards (commonly known as Horny toads) all around their area.”
- slangSexually aroused, with or without physical manifestation; experiencing a feeling of sexual desire.
“[H]er thick, gurgling voice saying […]: "Get it in all the way… please, please do… I’m horny."”
“After a while I sat down in a chair and smoked a couple of cigarettes. I was feeling pretty horny. I have to admit it.”
“Ain’t that the horny bitch that was grindin with the blind dude.”
- slangSexually arousing; pornographic.
“It's hard to find good fanart of this character because most of the drawings are super horny.”
“Mark Corrigan: She [the dentist] should have to wear a mask for this kind of thing. Reagan or Batman or... actually she'd look pretty horny as Batman... Jesus, no, don't!”
- obsoleteWith an erect penis due to being aroused.
Formshornier(comparative) · horniest(superlative)
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