bicorn

¹ American  

[bahy-kawrn] / ˈbaɪ kɔrn /

adjective

1. Botany, Zoology. having two horns or hornlike parts.

2. shaped like a crescent.

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noun

1. bicorne.

Bicorn ² American  

[bahy-kawrn] / ˈbaɪ kɔrn /

noun

1. (in early French and English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a grotesquely fat beast, that existed solely by devouring virtuous husbands.

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bicorn British  

/ baɪˈkɔːnɪt, ˈbaɪkɔːn, -ˌeɪt, -ˌneɪt, baɪˈkɔːnjʊɪt /

adjective

1. having two horns or hornlike parts

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Etymology

Origin of bicorn¹

1745–55; < Latin bicornis, equivalent to bi- bi- ¹ + corn ( ū ) horn + -is adj. suffix

Origin of Bicorn²

1375–1425; late Middle English Bycorne < Middle French < Latin bicornis bicorn

Example Sentences

When they arrive, there is a ceremonial greeting, where the Lords doff their black bicorn hats and the Commons representatives acknowledge this by bowing.

From BBC • May 25, 2024

He, of course, is Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Joaquin Phoenix with a bicorn hat, a dyspeptic grimace and an unshakable air of post-“Joker,” post-“Beau Is Afraid” tragic clownery.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023

He’s last seen strolling the Fashion District giddily shopping for epaulettes, ribbon bars and a bicorn hat a la Napoleon.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2022

Wearing a bicorn hat and lazily shaking her tambourine, she giggles that “America’s greatest contribution has been to teach the world that getting old is such a drag.”

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2016

ALBUS: And now we add—is it horn of bicorn?

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling