horny
pronunciation
How to pronounce horny in British English:
UK [ˈhɔ:ni]
How to pronounce horny in American English:
US [ˈhɔrni]
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- Adjective:
- feeling great sexual desire
- having horns or hornlike projections
- made of horn (or of a substance resembling horn)
Word Origin
- horny (adj.)
- "lustful, sexually aroused," definitely in use 1889, perhaps attested as early as 1863; from late 18c. slang expression to have the horn, suggestive of male sexual excitement (but eventually applied to women as well); see horn (n.).
Example
- 1. Horny toad activewear women 's cord lizzie skirt .
- 2. Villages filled with horny , dejected men .
- 3. I get a little horny here onstage sometimes .
- 4. Are you horny yet ?
- 5. So , you 're always the horny one ?