horsiness

English

Etymology

horsy +‎ -ness

Noun

horsiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being, or resembling, a horse.
    • 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
  2. Fondness for, or interest in, horses.

References
  • horsiness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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