horned

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/, (adjective also) /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nd, -ɔː(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)

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

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

Synonyms

• cornigerous

Derived terms

• African horned cucumber (Cucumis metuliferus)
• Alexander horned ball
• Alexander horned sphere
• greater one-horned rhinoceros
• great horned owl
• hickory horned devil
• 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 spp.)
• horned melon (Cucumis metuliferus)
• horned owl (Bubo)
• horned pansy
• horned pie (Bucerotidae)
• horned poison
• 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 sungem
• horned syllogism
• horned toad
• horned up
• horned violet
• horned viper (Cerastes cornutus)
• long-horned beetle
• long-horned grasshopper
• ornate horned toad
• regal horned lizard
• Saharan horned viper (Cerastes cerastes)
• scimitar-horned oryx
• short-horned grasshopper
• slender-horned gazelle
• strange-horned toad
• three-horned
• well horned
• well-horned

 

Translations

having horns

• Aromanian: curnut
• Belarusian: рага́ты (raháty)
• Bulgarian: рога́т (bg) (rogát)
• Catalan: banyut (ca)
• Czech: rohatý (cs)
• Dutch: gehoornd (nl)
• Finnish: sarvekas (fi)
• French: cornu (fr)
• Galician: cornudo
• German: gehörnt (de)
• Greek: κερασφόρος (el) (kerasfóros)
• Irish: beannach
• Italian: cornuto (it)
• Komi-Zyrian: сюра (śura)
• Latin: cornutus, corniger
• Macedonian: ро́гат (rógat)
• Old Irish: adarcach
• Persian: شاخ‌دار (šâx-dâr)
• Polish: rogaty (pl)
• Portuguese: chifrudo (pt), cornudo (pt)
• Romanian: cornut (ro)
• Russian: рога́тый (ru) (rogátyj)
• Slovak: rohatý
• Spanish: astado
• Swedish: behornad (sv)
• Turkish: boynuzlu (tr)
• Udmurt: сюро (śuro)
• Ukrainian: рога́тий (rohátyj)

heraldry sense

• French: accorné (fr)

See also

• horny
• cuckold

References

• “horned”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “horned”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 2

See horn (verb).

Verb

horned

1. simple past and past participle of horn

Anagrams

• -hedron, Dohner, Horden, Rhoden, dehorn

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hornyd
• (rare) orned, hornd

Etymology

From horn +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

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

References

• “horned, adj. & ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-08.