horny

Etymology

From Middle English horny, equivalent to horn + -y. Compare German hornig. Compare also Dutch hoornachtig, Swedish hornaktig, Old English hyrniġ (“angular”).

adj

1. Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.
   Two Dwarfs were at the bellows, another was holding a piece of red-hot metal on the anvil with a pair of tongs, a fourth was hammering it, and two, wiping their horny little hands on a greasy cloth, were coming forward to meet the visitors. 1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian, Collins, published 1998, Chapter 6
2. Having the hard consistency and pale colour of an animal's horn.
3. Having horns.
   In 1997, 4th and 5th grade Waterville Elementary students told me they saw Short-horned lizards (commonly known as Horny toads) all around their area. a. 2006, Karen M. Dvornich, “Short-horned Lizard”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 2010-10-28
4. (slang, informal) Sexually aroused.
   Ain’t that the horny bitch that was grindin with the blind dude. 1971 October, Black World, page 65/1
   As I turn the corner, starin' in your cornea / You're gettin' hornier and hornier 1993, “Back Seat (of My Jeep)”, in 14 Shots to the Dome, performed by LL Cool J
   “Mrs. Fletcher,” the HBO mini-series about a middle-aged woman’s sexual reawakening, showcases a horny mom who can’t stop masturbating to pornography. 2019-12-13, Tracie Egan Morrissey, “The Year Women Got ‘Horny’”, in New York Times
5. (slang, informal) Sexually arousing.
   Mark Corrigan: She [the dentist] should have to wear a mask for this kind of thing. Reagan or Batman or... actually she'd look pretty horny as Batman... Jesus, no, don't! 2003, Peep Show (TV series), Funeral (episode)