horned

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/, (adjective also) /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nɪd/

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”).

Adjective

horned (not comparable)

1. Having horns.

   A goat is a horned animal.

   a bull's head gules, horned argent

   • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

     The horned moon with one bright star / Within the nether tip.

2. (obsolete) cuckolded

Usage notes

This is used in heraldry to specify the color of horns that are distinct in color from the body.

Synonyms

• cornigerous

Derived terms

terms derived from horned (adjective)

• African horned cucumber ()
• horned adder ( spp.)
• horned dace ()
• horned desert viper ()
• horned frog
• horned gopher († spp.)
• horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)
• horned helmet ()
• horned hog ()
• horned horse (Connochaetes spp.)
• horned lark ()
• horned lizard ()
• horned melon ()

• horned owl (Bubo)
• horned pie (Bucerotidae)
• horned poppy ()
• horned pout (Ameiurus nebulosus)
• horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata)
• horned rattlesnake ()
• horned screamer (Anhima cornuta)
• horned snake ()
• horned sphere
• horned syllogism
• horned toad
• horned viper ()
• Saharan horned viper ()

Translations

having horns

• Aromanian: curnut
• Belarusian: рага́ты (raháty)
• Bulgarian: рога́т (rogát)
• Czech: rohatý (cs) m
• Finnish: sarvekas (fi)
• French: cornu (fr)
• German: gehörnt (de)
• Greek: κερασφόρος (el) m or f (kerasfóros)
• Irish: beannach
• Italian: cornuto (it)
• Latin: cornutus, corniger
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Old Irish: adarcach
• Persian: شاخ‌دار (šâx-dâr)
• Polish: rogaty (pl)
• Portuguese: chifrudo (pt), cornudo (pt)
• Romanian: cornut (ro)
• Russian: рога́тый (ru) m (rogátyj)
• Slovak: rohatý
• Spanish: astado m
• Turkish: boynuzlu (tr)
• Ukrainian: рога́тий (rohátyj)

heraldry sense

• French: accorné (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• horny
• cuckold

References

• “horned”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “horned”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Etymology 2

See horn (verb).

Verb

horned

1. simple past and past participle of horn

Anagrams

• -hedron, Horden, Rhoden, dehorn

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• hornyd
• (rare) orned, hornd

Etymology

From horn +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔrnid/, /ˈhɔrnɛd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔrnd/

Adjective

horned

1. Possessing horns or a similar projection; horned or horn-bearing.
2. (rare) Having headwear and hair done with projections like horns.
3. (rare, of the moon) In its crescent phase; waxing or waning.
4. (rare) Hornen; crafted or manufactured from horn.

Descendants

• English: horned
• Scots: hornit, hornt

References

• “horned (adj. & ppl.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-08.