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horned

Adjective
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Possessing horns or crescent-shaped points; in poetry, typically describes horned beasts or the slender crescent of a new moon.

Detailed Definition
Horned is a descriptive word for something shaped with horns or pointed projections. In poetry it can also suggest a crescent shape, as with the moon here.
Example
Example in poetry:
“There’s tempest in yon horned moon” uses horned for the crescent shape of the moon; “A horned moon hung over the black field” gives a compact visual image; “The horned beetle worried the leaf” applies the adjective to an animal’s projections; “Under the horned moon, the speaker reads an omen” draws on the crescent’s traditional symbolic force
Additional Notes
The adjective “horned” in “yon horned moon” may puzzle readers because it is a less common poetic description.; Found in the poem, A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea by Allan Cunningham
Also Known As
antlered horned creature ram stag
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