horingoud

Afrikaans

Etymology

From horing (“horn”) +‎ oud (“old, used”). Literally, “horn-old”, or more loosely translated as “as old as a horn”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhʊə̯rəŋœʊ̯t]
• Hyphenation: ho‧ring‧oud
• Rhymes: -ʊə̯rəŋœʊ̯t

Adjective

horingoud (attributive horingou, comparative horingouer, superlative horingoudste)

1. intensive form of oud (“old”): very old, very aged, ancient (having existed for a long time)

   Synonyms: antiek, argaïes, beenoud, hoogbejaard, prehistories, primitief, oeroud, stokhoringoud, stokoud

   Antonyms: bloedjonk, splinternuut

   • 1998, Johnita le Roux, Kus van die Winterskerpioen‎, →ISBN:

     Hierdie is dié streek se eie bome, en horingoud, sê ek jou.

     These are this region's own trees, and they are very old, I tell you.

   • 2018 January 15, Annetjie van Tonder, Wie Nie Waag Nie‎, →ISBN:

     Sy pa was so lief hiervoor al was dit al horingoud, het die plaat oor en oor gespeel en hy kon dit later woord vir woord saamsing.

     His father loved this so much even though it was already very old, he played the record over and over again and he could later sing along word for word.

   • 2021, Dina Botha, Die Kersfeeslysie‎, →ISBN:

     Op die tafeltjie lê ’n paar tydskrifte en sy is oortuig dat dit horingoud is.

     There are a few magazines on the table and she is convinced that they are very old.

2. intensive form of oud (“used”): extremely used (e.g. of a car, phone, sword, etc.)

   Synonyms: beenoud, stokhoringoud, stokoud

   Antonym: splinternuut

Usage notes

The comparative and superlative forms are largely theoretical or jocular.

Inflection

Inflection of horingoud

	predicative	attributive	independent		partitive
			singular	plural
positive	horingoud	horingou	horingoue	horingoues	horingouds
comparative	horingouer		horingouere	horingoueres	horingouers
superlative	horingoudste			horingoudstes	—

References

• Supertaal