English Explanatory Dictionary

horry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Horace.

Word forms

horry horrier more horry horriest most horry hory

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”).

Derived words

Horry County
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