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horned.

Having horns.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd//ˈhɔː(ɹ)nɪd/adjective, also
  1. Having horns.

    not-comparable
    A goat is a horned animal.
    a bull's head gules
  2. Cuckolded.

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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”).

verb/ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd//ˈhɔː(ɹ)nɪd/adjective, also
  1. simple past and past participle of horn

    form-of · participle · past
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