horned

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Having horns.
2. (not-comparable, obsolete) Cuckolded.

Verb

simple past and past participle of horn

horn

• Noun
• Verb

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Synonyms

horny

antlered

armed

horns

cornigerous

acorné

Translations

cornuto

cornudo

cornu

gehörnt

astado

boynuzlu

gehoornd

banyut

قرنائ

اقرن

κεραστής

à cornes

accorné

bewehrt

قرناؤ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: horned

Inherited from Old English: hyrned

Cognate with Dutch: gehoornd

Cognate with German: gehörnt

Cognate with Danish: hornede

In summary

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”).