HORNY

corneous, hornlike, horny

(adjective) made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)

horny

(adjective) having horns or hornlike projections; “horny coral”; “horny (or horned) frog”

aroused, horny, randy, ruttish, steamy, turned on

(adjective) feeling great sexual desire; “feeling horny”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

horny (comparative hornier, superlative horniest)

Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.

Synonyms: callous, coarse, hardened, rough

Having horns.

Synonym: horned

(informal) Sexually aroused.

Synonyms: randy, toey, in heat, excited, Thesaurus:randy

(informal) Sexually arousing.

Synonym: Thesaurus:sexy

Source: Wiktionary


Horn"y, a. [Compar. Hornier; superl. Horniest.]

1. Having horns or hornlike projections. Gay.

2. Composed or made of horn, or of a substance resembling horn; of the nature of horn. "The horny . . . coat of the eye." Ray.

3. Hard; callous. "His horny fist." Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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