How do you pronounce horny?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhoɹni/.

Where does horny come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

horny

/ˈhoɹni/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: horny
IPA: /ˈhoɹni/

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Meaning

adj

Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.

adj

Having the hard consistency and pale colour of an animal's horn.

adj

Having horns.

adj

Sexually aroused.

Slang

adj

Sexually exciting; arousing.

Slang

noun

A policeman.

Archaic; Slang

noun

A cow.

Australian usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"Two Dwarfs were at the bellows, another was holding a piece of red-hot metal on the anvil with a pair of tongs, a fourth was hammering it, and two, wiping their horny little hands on a greasy cloth, were coming forward to meet the visitors."
"She could not see, for her whitish eyes were covered with a horny film."
"In 1997, 4th and 5th grade Waterville Elementary students told me they saw Short-horned lizards (commonly known as Horny toads) all around their area."
"[H]er thick, gurgling voice saying […]: "Get it in all the way… please, please do… I’m horny.""
"After a while I sat down in a chair and smoked a couple of cigarettes. I was feeling pretty horny. I have to admit it."
"Ain’t that the horny bitch that was grindin with the blind dude."

Etymology

From Middle English horny, equivalent to horn + -y. Compare German hornig. Compare also Dutch hoornachtig, Swedish hornaktig, Old English hyrniġ (“angular”). Piecewise doublet of corny.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: horny

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhoɹni/
British English: /ˈhɔːni/

Usage

Inflected Forms

hornier (comparative) horniest (superlative) hornies (plural)

Derived Forms

horngry hornify hornily horniness hornyhead hornypost semihorny superhorny unhorny vorny

Phrases

horny goat weed horny-handed horny-handedly horny-handedness horny jail horny on main Horny Tim's horny toad

Synonyms

callous coarse hardened rough ceratose horned horned up lustful lusty randy toey in heat

Rhymes With

corny thorny sigourney forney horney dorney corney pokorny forni gorney gorny tourney