horned

Etymology 1

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”).

adj

  1. Having horns.
    A goat is a horned animal.
    a bull's head gules, horned argent
    The horned moon with one bright star / Within the nether tip. 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
  2. (obsolete) cuckolded

Etymology 2

See horn (verb).

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of horn

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