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hornify

English

Etymology

horny +? -fy

Verb

hornify (third-person singular simple present hornifies, present participle hornifying, simple past and past participle hornified)

  1. (transitive) To make horny, or like horn in texture; to harden.
    • 1930, The Journal of the American Dental Association: Volume 17
      We see in Figure 8 that the hornified cuticle runs continuously over the cementum […]
  2. (transitive, colloquial) To make horny; to excite sexually; to arouse.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To horn; to cuckold.
    • My Wife has hornified me.

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cornify

English

Etymology

corn +? -ify, from Latin cornu (“horn”)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?k??.n?.fa?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?k??.n?.fa?/

Verb

cornify (third-person singular simple present cornifies, present participle cornifying, simple past and past participle cornified)

  1. (chiefly medicine) To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance

Derived terms

  • cornification

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