# horned

Pronunciation: US say "HORND" /ˈhɔː(ɹ)nd/; UK say "HAWND" /hɔːnd/

## Adjective

1. Having one or more horns, or projections shaped like horns.
   - Simple: Having one or more horns growing from the head.
   - _The horned rhinoceros charged across the savanna toward the jeep._
   - _Ancient helmets were sometimes given horned silhouettes to intimidate enemies._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of horn. — simple past and past participle of horn
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of horn. Use this form when the action already happened.
   - _The bull horned the matador before the crowd could even react._
   - _By morning the cornered elk had horned a hole through the gate._

## Adjective

3. Cuckolded; said of a man whose wife has been unfaithful to him. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Describing a man whose wife has cheated on him.
   - _The poor cobbler was horned within a year of his wedding, and the village knew it._
   - _He lived in dread of becoming a horned husband, mocked at every tavern._

## Origin

From Middle English horned, from Old English hyrned ("having horns"), from Proto-Germanic *hurnidaz, the past participle of *hurnijaną ("to provide with horns"); equivalent to horn plus -ed. It is related to Dutch gehoornd, German gehörnt, and Danish hornede.

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