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horsy, a.|ˈhɔːsɪ|
Also -ey.
[f. horse n. + -y.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a horse or horses.
1591Spenser Virg. Gnat 41 Th' halfe-horsy people, Centaures hight. 1864Daily Tel. 19 Oct., Elk-flesh is a decidedly horsey species of game.
2. Having to do with horses; addicted or devoted to horses, horse-racing, and matters of the stable; affecting the dress and language of a groom or jockey.
1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour i. 3 [His] groomy gait and horsey propensities. 1858Almae Matres 6 The horsy individual then related an anecdote. 1881Athenæum 19 Mar. 392/1 ‘In Luck's Way’ is a horsy, if not a racy story. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. v. 111 They..were both horsey and doggy, and plain-spoken to brusqueness.
3. Of the mare: Desiring the horse.
1870D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rur. Sports §1012 Separated from other mares, which, becoming horsy, will kick them.
4. Comb., as horsy-looking, horsy-minded.
1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour lxiv. 361 He's a horsey lookin' sort o' man. 1886Cycl. Tour. Club Gaz. May 183/2 Horsey-minded road trustees and sheriffs.
Hence ˈhorsyism, horsy quality and practice; ˈhorsily adv., in a horsy manner.
1882Daily News 31 Jan. 5/7 Horseyism is a word that has been coined to express that inexplicable affinity which equine pursuits seem to have in some countries with rough manners and loud oaths. 1889Sat. Rev. 30 Nov. 614/2 If he be horsily inclined.
Add:B. n. Also horsie. A child's word or pet name for a horse.
1923Hirsch & Kaplan (song-title) Horsey! Keep your tail up. 1928‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country v. 65 They began to play ‘horsies’ with gum switches which had been stabled near the kitchen. 1943D. Parker Here Lies 70 Let's you and I go out and get a horsie. 1958A. Huxley Let. 6 July (1969) 852 Poor Helen will have to be disappointed about the horsey. 1977M. French Women's Room (1978) ii. 90 One or two or three small bodies..charging around the room screaming at high pitch on ‘horsies’ made of broomsticks. 1988Sun (Brisbane) 9 June 46 Nice horsey... Please win the race today... I'm betting on you.
▸ horsy set n. orig. U.S. (with the) a clique or circle of wealthy socialites characterized by enthusiasm for equestrian pursuits.
1886N.-Y. Times 13 Dec. 8/4 The sport [sc. sledding] having been approved by both the very fashionable and the ‘*horsey’ sets in society, the lesser world takes to it naturally. 1923Life 18 Jan. 24/2 Two pictures which are both about the Long Island horsy set. 1984Times 1 Aug. 11/4 There must be easier ways to gatecrash the horsy set. 2006Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 24 Nov. 9 Riverclub was established in the '70s on what used to be farmland and was popular among the horsey set. |