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Horned

//ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having horns. not-comparable

    "A goat is a horned animal."

  2. 2
    Cuckolded. not-comparable, obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of horn form-of, participle, past

Etymology

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”).

Etymology 2

See horn (verb).

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