horniness

From horny +‎ -ness.

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horniness (uncountable)

1. Quality of being horny, of having a texture like horn.

   the horniness of a hoof

2. (slang, vulgar) The state, quality, or extent of being horny or sexually excited.

   Synonym: randiness

   • 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V., →ISBN, page 32:

     He was visited on a lunar basis by these great unspecific waves of horniness, whereby all women within a certain age group and figure envelope became immediately and impossibly desirable.

   • 2015, Bink Cummings, MC Chronicles, The Diary of Bink Cummings, Vol. 2:

     Horniness is just a mental state with a physical repercussion.

   • 2021 June 15 [2020 March 13], Takako Shimura, translated by Jocelyne Allen, edited by Shannon Fay, Even Though We're Adults, volume 2, Seven Seas Entertainment, →ISBN, page 72:

     I'm not thinking we're star-crossed lovers or anything. I've mistaken regular-ass horniness for the cosmic pull of destiny before. And I always ended up worse for it.

   • 2023 December 14, Gina Cherelus, “The Trans Comic Looking for Love ‘at the End of the World’”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “Less Lonely,” Tom’s solo comedy show about their quest for love, sex and gender confirmation “at the end of the world,” swerves between self-deprecation, vulnerability and shameless horniness.

   • 2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     I was about to collapse into a ritual of frustrated horniness (fantasy, masturbation, snacks) when a friend urged me to join her and two other women for dinner.