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HORNY
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Irregular inflected forms: hornier , horniest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
hard (resisting weight or pressure)
Derivation:
horn (the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having horns or hornlike projections
Example:
horny (or horned) frog
Classified under:
Similar:
horned (having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind)
Derivation:
horn (one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Feeling great sexual desire
Example:
feeling horny
Synonyms:
aroused; horny; randy; ruttish; steamy; turned on
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)
Derivation:
horniness (a state of sexual arousal)
