different between pleased vs horner

English

Etymology

From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pli?zd/

Adjective

pleased (comparative more pleased, superlative most pleased)

1. happy, content

Synonyms

• content
• happy
• satisfied

Translations

Verb

pleased

1. simple past tense and past participle of please

Anagrams

• delapse, elapsed, sepaled

English

Etymology

From Middle English horner, hornere, equivalent to horn +? -er.

Noun

horner (plural horners)

1. One who works or deals in horn or horns.
   • 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musaeum Regalis Societatis, or, A catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge

     The skin of any Bulls Forehead, either for its toughness, or other cause, is the only part of the Hyde made use of by Horners, whereupon they shave their Hornes […] to fit them for Lamphorns

   • 1873, Calendar of State Papers

     As also all patents for new inventions not put in practice within three years, likewise the several grants of incorporation to hatband makers, gutstring makers, spectacle makers, comb makers, tobacco-pipe makers, butchers, and horners.

2. (obsolete) One who blows a horn.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sherwood to this entry?)

3. (obsolete) One who horns or cuckolds.
4. The British sand lance or sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus.

Anagrams

• Herron, Rohner

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hornere, hornare

Etymology

From horn +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?rn?r(?)/

Noun

horner (plural horners)

1. A horner; an individual who works with horn.
2. (rare) A hornblower; an individual who blows a horn.

Descendants

• English: horner

References

• “horner(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-08.