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horry¹

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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”).

adjective horrier · more horry · horriest · most horry · hory

  1. dialectal impure; unclean; disgustingly dirty; foul

Horry²

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Horace.

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@misc{horry_2026,
  title = {horry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/horry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}