horninessn.
/ˈhɔːnɪnɪs/ 1. Horny quality or character.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [noun] > horny texture
horniness1885
1885 Athenæum 7 Feb. 190/1 It [the painting] has none of the yellow horniness common in Dous.
1894 Athenæum 5 May 587/2 A certain horniness..injures the coloration.
2. A state of sexual excitement. Cf. horny adj. 2b.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > sexual excitement
sexual excitement1819
erotism1849
eroticism1899
horniness1963
1963 T. 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.
1969 P. Roth Portnoy's Complaint 102 Do I really experience this restlessness, this horniness?
1971 Esquire July 48/4 He establishes adolescent horniness as a condition too furtive and bewildered..to admit of real caring.
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