Hornet Definition

hôrnĭt
noun
Any of several large social wasps (family Vespidae), strikingly colored yellow and black.
Webster's New World

(soccer) Someone connected with Watford Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

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Other Word Forms of Hornet

Noun

Singular:
hornet
Plural:
hornets

Origin of Hornet

  • Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnetu, hyrnete, from Proto-Germanic *hurznutō (compare German Hornisse), alteration of Proto-Germanic *hurzulǭ (compare Dutch horzel), from Proto-Indo-European *k̑érh₂sr- (compare Welsh creyryn 'wasp', Latin crābrō 'hornet', Lithuanian širšė 'wasp', Old Church Slavonic сръшень (srŭšenĭ) 'hornet', Albanian grerë, grenzë 'wasp, hornet').

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English hornet alteration (probably influenced by horn horn) of hernet from Old English hyrnet ker-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hornet Sentence Examples

  • It made Janet as mad as a hornet, but Martha's back in the classroom.

  • The "Essex" and "Hornet" were not in company.

  • Many gardeners have reached into the green leaves to pluck a berry, only to feel the harsh sting of an angry wasp, hornet or bee who was also sampling the wares.

  • The larvae of several nocturnal Lepidoptera feed upon the leaves of the willows, and the trunk of the sallow is often injured by the perforations of the lunar hornet sphinx (Trochilium crabroniforme).

  • The most anticipated of these films, however, is the adaptation of The Green Hornet, which also stars Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz.

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Words Starting With

HHOHOR

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TETNET

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