horny

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective feeling great sexual desire
  2. adjective having horns or hornlike projections
  3. adjective made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)

Etymology

From Middle English horny, equivalent to horn + -y. Compare German hornig. Compare also Dutch hoornachtig, Swedish hornaktig, Old English hyrniġ (“angular”). Piecewise doublet of corny.

In classic literature

Synonyms

aroused, randy, ruttish, steamy, turned on

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