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horry

adj

Etymology

From Middle English hory, hoory, from Old English horiġ, horhiġ (“foul, unclean”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurhwīg, from Proto-Germanic *hurhwīgaz (“foul, filthy, soiled, unclean”). Cognate with Middle High German horwig, horwic, horig, horg (“muddy, filthy”).

  1. inherited from *hurhwīgaz✻ — “foul, filthy, soiled, unclean”
  2. inherited from *hurhwīg✻
  3. inherited from horiġ
  4. inherited from hory

Definitions

  1. impure

    impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul

  2. A surname.

  3. A diminutive of the male given name Horace.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for horry. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA