horsiness

From horsy +‎ -ness.

• (horse–hoarse merger)
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hôsinəs, IPA^(key): /hɔːsinəs/
  • (General American) enPR: hôrsinəs, /hoɹsinəs/, [ho̞ɹsinəs]

horsiness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being horsy (horsey).
   1. The quality of being a horse.

      Synonyms: horseness, horseliness, equinity, equineness

   2. The quality of resembling a horse.

      Synonym: horseliness

      The bullies were lying about her alleged horsiness, calling her a "horseface".

      • 1875, Alfred Tennyson, Queen Mary: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, (please specify the page):

        It shall be all my study for one hour light,
        To rose and lavender my horsiness

   3. Fondness for, or interest in, horses.

• “horsiness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• herissons