Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hornen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hor-nen
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made of or consisting of horn; full of horns.

Etymology

From Middle English hornen, from Old English hyrnen (“made of horn; full of horns”), equivalent to horn + -en. Cognate with Old High German hurnin, German hörnern (“hornen”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: hornen, hyrnen
Suffix: horn

Inflected Forms

more hornen (comparative) most hornen (superlative)

Questions

What does hornen mean?: Made of or consisting of horn; full of horns.
Where does hornen come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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