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horned

[ hawrnd ]

adjective

  1. having horns (often used in combination):

    a horned beast; blunt-horned.

  2. having or wearing a horn-shaped protuberance, ornament, or the like:

    the horned crags.

  3. having a crescent-shaped part or form.


horned

/ ˈhɔːnɪdnɪs; hɔːnd /

adjective

  1. having a horn, horns, or hornlike parts


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Derived Forms

  • hornedness, noun

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Other Words From

  • horn·ed·ness [hawr, -nid-nis], noun
  • un·horned adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of horned1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; horn, -ed 3

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Example Sentences

And so, the horned god became Satan—and others in his demonic retinue.

The male Wiccan god is given horns, representing the horned animals that ancient humans hunted.

Her bangs tickle the tops of her thin horned-rimmed prescription glasses, her earlobes sparkle with a small pair of sparkly studs.

Fifteen of these horned monsters maintain an incessant mooing and bellowing.

We heard boars snorting, and running away, and strange-looking horned creatures leaping and bounding off in all directions.

They are descendants of the old long-horned stock, and have a mighty notion of the importance of church-going.

Looking in the direction she pointed, he saw about fifty yards away an enormous horned snake wound round a branch of sassafras.

The baron made a sign, and thirty peasants ran to the cottage of Finette, who very obligingly lent them her golden-horned cow.

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