different between horsed vs horned

English

Etymology 1

Equivalent to horse +? -ed.

Verb

horsed

1. simple past tense and past participle of horse

Etymology 2

From Middle English horsed, i-horsed, yhorsed, y-horsed, from Old English horsod, ?ehorsod, past participle of Old English horsian, ?ehorsian (“to horse”), equivalent to horse +? -ed.

Adjective

horsed (not comparable)

1. Mounted on a horse.

   horsed men

Anagrams

• Rhodes, Rohdes, dehors, hordes, reshod, shoder, shored

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??(?)nd/, (adjective also) /?h??(?)n?d/

Etymology 1

From Middle English horned, hornyd, from Old English hyrned, ?ehyrned (“having horns; horned”),from Proto-Germanic *hurnidaz (“horned”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *hurnijan? (“to horn; provide or fit with horns”); equivalent to horn (“noun”) +? -ed. Cognate with Dutch gehoornd (“horned”),German gehörnt (“horned”), Danish hornede (“horned”).

Adjective

horned (not comparable)

1. Having horns.

   A goat is a horned animal.

   a bull's head gules, horned argent
2. (obsolete) cuckolded

Usage notes

This is used in heraldry to specify the color of horns that are distinct in color from the body.

Synonyms

• cornigerous

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• horny
• cuckold

References

• horned in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• horned at OneLook Dictionary Search

Etymology 2

See horn (verb).

Verb

horned

1. simple past tense and past participle of horn

Anagrams

• -hedron, Horden, Rhoden, dehorn

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hornyd
• (rare) orned, hornd

Etymology

From horn +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?rnid/, /?h?rn?d/
• (rare) IPA^(key): /?h?rnd/

Adjective

horned

1. Possessing horns or a similar projection; horned or horn-bearing.
2. (rare) Having headwear and hair done with projections like horns.
3. (rare, of the moon) In its crescent phase; waxing or waning.
4. (rare) Hornen; crafted or manufactured from horn.

Descendants

• English: horned
• Scots: hornit, hornt
• Yola: hoornta, hornta

References

• “horned, adj. & ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-08.