HORSILY

Etymology

Adverb

horsily (comparative more horsily, superlative most horsily)

In a horsy manner.

Source: Wiktionary


HORSY

Hors"y, a.

Definition: Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 January 2025

DERMATOGLYPHICS

(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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