horned
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/, (adjective also) /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nɪd/
Etymology 1
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
horned (not comparable)
- Having horns.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- The horned moon with one bright star / Within the nether tip.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- (obsolete) cuckolded
Usage notes
This is used in heraldry to specify the color of horns that are distinct in color from the body.
Synonyms
Derived terms
terms derived from horned (adjective)
- African horned cucumber (Cucumis metuliferus)
- horned adder (Bitis spp.)
- horned dace (Semotilus atromaculatus)
- horned desert viper (Cerastes cerastes)
- horned frog
- horned gopher (†Ceratogaulus spp.)
- horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- horned helmet (Cassis cornuta)
- horned hog (Babyrousa)
- horned horse (Connochaetes spp.)
- horned lark (Eremophila alpestris)
- horned lizard (Phrynosoma)
- horned melon (Cucumis metuliferus)
- horned owl (Bubo)
- horned pie (Bucerotidae)
- horned poppy (Glaucium)
- horned pout (Ameiurus nebulosus)
- horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata)
- horned rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes)
- horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)
- horned snake (Cerastes cornutus)
- horned sphere
- horned syllogism
- horned toad
- horned viper (Cerastes cornutus)
- Saharan horned viper (Cerastes cerastes)
Translations
having horns
References
Etymology 2
See horn (verb).
Middle English
Adjective
horned
- Possessing horns or a similar projection; horned or horn-bearing.
- (rare) Having headwear and hair done with projections like horns.
- (rare, of the moon) In its crescent phase; waxing or waning.
- (rare) Hornen; crafted or manufactured from horn.
Descendants
- English: horned
- Scots: hornit, hornt
References
- “horned (adj. & ppl.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-08.
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