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horny
English
Etymology
From Middle English horny, equivalent to horn +? -y. Compare German hornig. Compare also Dutch hoornachtig, Swedish hornaktig, Old English hyrni? (“angular”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?h?.ni/
- (US) IPA(key): /?h??.ni/
- Rhymes: -??(?)ni
Adjective
horny (comparative hornier, superlative horniest)
- Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.
- Synonyms: callous, coarse, hardened, rough
- 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, Collins, 1998, Chapter 6,
- Two Dwarfs were at the bellows, another was holding a piece of red-hot metal on the anvil with a pair of tongs, a fourth was hammering it, and two, wiping their horny little hands on a greasy cloth, were coming forward to meet the visitors.
- Having the hard consistency and pale colour of an animal's horn.
- Having horns.
- Synonym: horned
- (informal) Sexually aroused.
- Synonyms: randy, toey, in heat, excited; see also Thesaurus:randy
- (informal) Sexually arousing.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sexy
- 2003, Peep Show (TV series), Funeral (episode)
- Mark Corrigan: She [the dentist] should have to wear a mask for this kind of thing. Reagan or Batman or... actually she'd look pretty horny as Batman... Jesus, no, don't!
Derived terms
- (sexually aroused): horniness
Descendants
- (sexually aroused): ? Irish: adharcach (semantic loan)
Translations
Further reading
- “horny”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “horny”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
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whore
English
Alternative forms
- whoore (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English hore, from Old English h?re, from Proto-Germanic *h?r?, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh?ros (“loved”), from *keh?- (“to wish; desire”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hô, IPA(key): /h??/
- (General American) enPR: hôr, IPA(key): /h??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: h?r, IPA(key): /ho(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ho?/
- (nonstandard but traditional, several locations) enPR: ho?or, IPA(key): /h??/, /h??/
- Rhymes: -??(?), -??(?)
- Homophone: hoar
- Homophone: hoe (non-rhotic with dough-door merger (AAVE, non-rhotic Southern accents))
- Hyphenation: whore
Noun
whore (plural whores)
- (derogatory) Synonym of prostitute: a person (especially a woman) who offers sexual services for payment.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 2
- The merciless Macdonald – worthy to be a rebel, for that the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him – from the Western Isles of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied, and fortune on his damned quarrel smiling showed like a rebel's whore.
- 1969, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”, Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:
- I come looking for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
- I come looking for a job
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 2
- (vulgar, derogatory) A person who is sexually promiscuous; a slut.
- 2004, Dennis Cooper, The Sluts, page 250
- So after he fucks the shit out of me, he tells me I'm lying about his whore not being Brad.
- 2004, Dennis Cooper, The Sluts, page 250
- (vulgar, derogatory) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
- (vulgar, derogatory) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
- (vulgar, derogatory) A contemptible person.
Synonyms
- (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:prostitute
- (promiscuous woman): See also Thesaurus:promiscuous woman
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
whore (third-person singular simple present whores, present participle whoring, simple past and past participle whored)
- (intransitive, vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
- (intransitive, vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
- (transitive, vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
- (transitive, vulgar) To promote shamelessly.
- Did you see him on that chat show, whoring his new book?
- (intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false gods.
- (intransitive, vulgar) To pursue false goals.
- (transitive, slang, video games, vulgar, derogatory) To overuse something.
Synonyms
- (to prostitute oneself): sell one's body, turn tricks; see also Thesaurus:prostitute oneself
- (to pimp): pander, turn out; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
- (to promote shamelessly): tout, pimp
Derived terms
- whore around
- whore out
Translations
Anagrams
- Hower, how're, hower
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