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horniness|ˈhɔːnɪnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
1. Horny quality or character.
1885Athenæum 7 Feb. 190/1 It [the painting] has none of the yellow horniness common in Dous. 1894Ibid. 5 May 587/2 A certain horniness..injures the coloration.
2. A state of sexual excitement. Cf. horny a. 2 b.
1963T. Pynchon V. i. 37 He was visited on a lunar basis by these great unspecific waves of horniness, whereby all women within a certain age group and figure envelope became immediately and impossibly desirable. 1969P. Roth Portnoy's Complaint 102 Do I really experience this restlessness, this horniness? 1971Esquire July 48/4 He establishes adolescent horniness as a condition too furtive and bewildered..to admit of real caring. |