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horry

horry adjective: impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul.

Adjective

horry (comparative horrier or more horry, superlative horriest or most horry)

  1. (dialectal) impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul

Proper noun capitalized: Horry

Horry

  1. A surname.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Horace.

Forms of horry

comparativehorrier
comparativemore horry
superlativehorriest
superlativemost horry
alternative formhory

Origin of horry

From Middle English hory, hoory, from Old English horiġ, horhiġ (“foul, unclean”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurhwīg, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwīgaz (“foul, filthy, soiled, unclean”). Cognate with Middle High German horwig, horwic, horig, horg (“muddy, filthy”).

Words formed from horry

Questions about horry

What does horry mean?
Horry means impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul.
What part of speech is horry?
Horry can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near horry in the dictionary

  1. horrours
  2. horrow
  3. Horrox
  4. Horroxian
  5. Horrs
  6. horry
  7. Horry County
  8. hors categorie
  9. hors categories
  10. hors catégorie
  11. hors catégories

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