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horniness

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horn·y  (hôrn)
adj. horn·i·er, horn·i·est
1. Having horns or hornlike projections.
2. Made of horn or a similar substance.
3. Tough and calloused: horny skin.
4. Vulgar Slang
a. Desirous of sexual activity.
b. Sexually aroused.
[Sense 4, from horn, an erection.]
horni·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.horniness - a state of sexual arousal
hot pants, hotness
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
sexual arousal - the arousal of sexual desires in preparation for sexual behavior


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He compares, for example, the sexual content of Peirce's film, which received an NC-17, with the hetero horniness of American Pie, which skated by with an R.
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But, he writes, "once / you give into human horniness," illusions are shattered, "Nothing is there, just as it always was," and the grandiose Greek and Roman myths are exposed as little more than "an overheated farmhand's literature" (419).
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