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

Other Word Forms

• hornedness noun
• unhorned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of horned¹

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

Example Sentences

A great horned owl found itself in a seriously sticky situation after becoming stuck in a glue trap in Orange County, rendering it both flightless and food-less.

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For his horned opponents, one chosen afternoon — presented as entertainment — is violent and finite.

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The life-sized “Quantum Mechanics: Homme” artwork, composed of lucite, bronze and stainless steel, depicts a winged and horned man and was featured in the award-winning short film “Creation” in 2022.

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In 2019, officials at the Chennai airport seized a horned pit viper snake, five Iguanas, four blue-tongued skinks, three green tree frogs and 22 Egyptian tortoises from a man travelling from Thailand.

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Renamed Wind Wolves, it is now the largest privately owned nature preserve on the West Coast, where endangered kit foxes and leopard lizards thrive along with elk, blacktail deer, great horned owls and bobcats.

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