Word of the Day:
horned
What It Means
Having horns.
A goat is a horned animal.
Did You Know?
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”).
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