Meanings
horned1
- not comparableHaving horns.
horned argent
3 more examples
A goat is a horned animal.
a bull's head gules
The horned moon with one bright star / Within the nether tip.
1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - not comparableobsoleteCuckolded.
horned2
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of horn
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
horned · adjective
- Proto-Germanic*hurnijaną“to horn; provide or fit with horns”
- Proto-Germanic*hurnidaz“horned”
- Old Englishhyrned
- Middle Englishhorned
- Englishhorned
From Middle English horned, hornyd, from Old English hyrned, ġehyrned (“having horns; horned”), from Proto-Germanic *hurnidaz (“horned”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *hurnijaną (“to horn; provide or fit with horns”); equivalent to horn (“noun”) + -ed. Cognate with Dutch gehoornd (“horned”), German gehörnt (“horned”), Danish hornede (“horned”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أَقْرَن
- أَقْرَن (ʔaqran)having horns
Bulgarian рога́т
- рога́т (rogát)having horns
Catalan banyut
- banyuthaving horns
Czech rohatý
- rohatýhaving horns
Dutch gehoornd
- gehoorndhaving horns
Finnish sarvekas
- sarvekashaving horns
French cornu, accorné
- cornuhaving horns
- accornéheraldry sense
German gehörnt
- gehörnthaving horns
Greek κερασφόρος
- κερασφόρος (kerasfóros)having horns
Irish beannach
- beannachhaving horns
Italian cornuto
- cornutohaving horns
Latin cornutus, corniger
- cornutushaving horns
- cornigerhaving horns
Lithuanian raguotas
- raguotashaving horns
Persian شاخدار
- شاخدار (šâx-dâr)having horns
Polish rogaty
- rogatyhaving horns
Portuguese chifrudo, cornudo
- chifrudohaving horns
- cornudohaving horns
Romanian cornut
- cornuthaving horns
Russian рога́тый
- рога́тый (rogátyj)having horns
Slovak rohatý
- rohatýhaving horns
Spanish astado
- astadohaving horns
Swedish behornad
- behornadhaving horns
Turkish boynuzlu
- boynuzluhaving horns
Ukrainian рога́тий
- рога́тий (rohátyj)having horns
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with horned
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Cite this entry
horned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horned
“horned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horned. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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