bicorn
Meanings
Plural: bicorns
Noun
- a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points
- A two-cornered hat, worn by European and American military and naval officers from the 1790s.
- A plane curve having two cusps.
- A beast having two horns, either real or fictional.
Adjective Satellite
- having two horns or horn-shaped parts
- "a bicornuate uterus"
Adj
- Having two horns or similar projections.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bicornis (“two-horned; two-pronged”). Compare French bicorne (“two-cornered hat; two-horned monster”) and Middle English bicorne (“two-horned anvil; two-pronged fork; fabulous (two-horned) beast”). Doublet of bicorne.
Synonyms
bicornate, bicorne, bicorned, bicornous, bicornuate, bicornuous
Scrabble Score: 10
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