horned

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/
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/ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/ · /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nɪd/

Definition of horned

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having horns.
    “A goat is a horned animal.”
    “a bull's head gules”
    “horned argent”
    “The horned moon with one bright star / Within the nether tip.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having horns.
    “A goat is a horned animal.”
    “a bull's head gules”
    “horned argent”
    “The horned moon with one bright star / Within the nether tip.”
  2. (not-comparable, obsolete)Cuckolded.

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of horn

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Etymology

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”).

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