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bicorn
1[ bahy-kawrn ]
adjective
- Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.
- shaped like a crescent.
noun
Bicorn
2[ bahy-kawrn ]
noun
- (in early French and English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a grotesquely fat beast, that existed solely by devouring virtuous husbands.
bicorn
/ baɪˈkɔːnɪt; -ˌneɪt; -ˌeɪt; baɪˈkɔːnjʊɪt; ˈbaɪkɔːn /
adjective
- having two horns or hornlike parts
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bicorn1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bicorn1
C19: from Latin bicornis , from bi- 1+ cornu horn
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Example Sentences
"Colonel Henry Dodge," said a tall, whip-lean officer wearing a bicorn hat.
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