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Horny definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HORN'Y, a. Consisting of horn or horns.
1. Resembling horn.
2. Hard; callous.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny" [syn: aroused, horny, randy, ruttish, steamy, turned on]
2: having horns or hornlike projections; "horny coral"; "horny (or horned) frog"
3: made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn) [syn: corneous, hornlike, horny]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (hornier; -est) Date: 14th century 1. a. of or made of horn b. hard, callous <horny-handed> c. compact and homogeneous with a dull luster — used of a mineral 2. having horns 3. [horn erect penis + -y (I)] a. desiring sexual gratification b. excited sexually • horniness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (hornier, horniest) 1 of or like horn. 2 hard like horn, callous (horny-handed). 3 sl. sexually excited. Derivatives: horniness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Horny Horn"y, a. [Compar. Hornier; superl. Horniest.] 1. Having horns or hornlike projections. --Gay. 2. Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn. ``The horny . . . coat of the eye.'' --Ray. 3. Hard; callous. ``His horny fist.'' --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hornier, horniest) 1. If you describe someone as horny, you mean that they are sexually aroused or that they easily become sexually aroused. (INFORMAL) ...horny adolescent boys. = randy ADJ 2. Something that is horny is hard, strong, and made of horn or of a hard substance like horn. His fingernails had grown long, and horny... ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Corneous.

Moby Thesaurus

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