Definitions

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  • noun The state of being horny, the quality of being horny.
  • noun The extent to which a person is horny.

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  • noun a state of sexual arousal

Etymologies

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horny +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • Even the editors of Playboy and Penthouse maintain intellectual pretensions, but the single-minded pursuit of horniness is the Maxim editors 'most striking trait.

    The Return of the Pig 2003

  • Even the editors of Playboy and Penthouse maintain intellectual pretensions, but the single-minded pursuit of horniness is the Maxim editors 'most striking trait.

    The Return of the Pig 2003

  • Which would explain my "horniness" for the hot blonde.

    unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2001

  • And if they are not enured with loyalty and applauded with determination we are also compelled to remember that they are not distinctly Canadian, that they are without the endearing homeliness and horniness which is achieved only through the academic effort and that they are without the zest and freshness most appealing to you and, above allnational.

    The Interpreters of Canada 1932

  • Ask a spaniard wanting to “take the bus” (coger el bus) in Latin America, and people laughing at him because of his apparent horniness towards public transport …

    Christmas is gay | Johnny B. Truant 2009

  • Outside the porn world, new moms aren't exactly famous for their horniness, so the set up makes me laugh a little bit.

    Meredith Fein Lichtenberg, CCE: Toy Story: Motherhood and Sexual Healing CCE Meredith Fein Lichtenberg 2011

  • He thinks it's one of his finer traits, along with his unbridled venality and the horniness of

    William Lashner on Past Due: An interrogation 2010

  • Outside the porn world, new moms aren't exactly famous for their horniness, so the set up makes me laugh a little bit.

    Meredith Fein Lichtenberg, CCE: Toy Story: Motherhood and Sexual Healing CCE Meredith Fein Lichtenberg 2011

  • When reading of the challenges her characters go through -- romance, self-doubt, guilt, self-gratification, straight-up horniness -- it is always relatable.

    Marlynn Snyder: Winding Down Summer With The Hot Box Marlynn Snyder 2011

  • When reading of the challenges her characters go through -- romance, self-doubt, guilt, self-gratification, straight-up horniness -- it is always relatable.

    Marlynn Snyder: Winding Down Summer With The Hot Box Marlynn Snyder 2011

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