horned

horned

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/, (adjective also) /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nɪd/
• 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
• 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)
• horned melon (Cucumis metuliferus)
• horned owl (Bubo)
• 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 viper (Cerastes cornutus)
• ornate horned toad
• regal horned lizard
• Saharan horned viper (Cerastes cerastes)
• scimitar-horned oryx
• slender-horned gazelle
• strange-horned toad
• three-horned
• well horned
• well-horned

 

Translations

having horns

Aromanian: curnut Belarusian: рага́ты (raháty) Bulgarian: рога́т (rogát) Catalan: banyut (ca) Czech: rohatý (cs) Finnish: sarvekas (fi) French: cornu (fr) Galician: cornudo German: gehörnt (de) Greek: κερασφόρος (el) (kerasfóros) Irish: beannach Italian: cornuto (it) Latin: cornutus, corniger 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 Turkish: boynuzlu (tr) 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
• horned at OneLook Dictionary Search

Etymology 2

See horn (verb).

Verb

horned

1. simple past tense and past participle of horn

Anagrams

• -hedron, Dohner, Horden, Rhoden, dehorn

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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.