hory

Middle English

/ˈhɔːriː/

adj

Definitions

Dirty, foul, horry; lacking cleanliness.
Iniquitous, malicious, immoral; against morality.
(rare) Muddy, mucky; of the earth or its ground.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English horiġ inherited from Proto-Germanic *hurhwīgaz (foul, unclean, shitty) affix from Middle English hore (muck, whore).

Origin

Middle English

hore

Gloss

muck, whore

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

horry English
whore English
*hurhwīgaz Proto-Germanic
horig Old English
horiġ Old English
hōre Old English
hordom Middle English
hore Middle English
horesone Middle English
horlynge Middle English
horyen Middle English