horny

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːni/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoɹni/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ni === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Adjective ==== horny (comparative hornier, superlative horniest) Hard or bony, like an animal's horn. Synonyms: callous, coarse, hardened, rough Having the hard consistency and pale colour of an animal's horn. Synonym: (biology) ceratose Having horns. Synonym: horned ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== “horny”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “horny”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “horny adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present === Etymology 2 === From the phrase "having the horn", and similar phrases which were used to refer to male sexual arousal in the 18th century, later abbreviated to horn (a hard projection) +‎ -y (having the quality of); initially this referred to physical sexual response in males (the male erection being analogized as a "horn"), yet later was semantically generalized to refer not only to sexual arousal but also to sexual desire in both males and females. ==== Adjective ==== horny (comparative hornier, superlative horniest) (slang) Sexually aroused, with or without physical manifestation; experiencing a feeling of sexual desire. Synonyms: horned up, lustful, lusty, randy, toey, in heat, thirsty; see also Thesaurus:randy (slang) Sexually arousing. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sexy 2003, Peep Show (TV series), Funeral (episode) Mark Corrigan: She [the dentist] should have to wear a mask for this kind of thing. Reagan or Batman or... actually she'd look pretty horny as Batman... Jesus, no, don't! (of males, obsolete) In a state of physical sexual arousal: experiencing tentigo, tumescence of the penis as a result of sexual arousal. Synonyms: erect, excited, hard ===== Derived terms ===== (sexually aroused): horniness, hornily ===== Descendants ===== (sexually aroused): → Irish: adharcach (semantic loan) (sexually aroused): → Russian: хорни (xorni) (sexually aroused): → Saterland Frisian: honig ===== Translations ===== == Belarusian == === Adjective === horny Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet) spelling of го́рны (hórny) ==== Declension ==== This adjective needs an inflection-table template.