cornute

American

[kawr-noot, -nyoot] / kɔrˈnut, -ˈnyut /

verb (used with object)

cornuted, cornuting

Archaic. to cuckold.

adjective

cornuted.

cornute British

/ kɔːˈnjuːt /

adjective

biology having or resembling cornua; hornlike

the cornute process of a bone

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Etymology

Origin of cornute

1590–1600; < Latin cornūtus horned, equivalent to cornū horn + -tus adj. suffix

Example Sentences

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Cornute, horned; bearing a horn-like projection or appendage.

From Project Gutenberg

Teneros tu suscipis annos Socratico, Cornute, sinu; tum fallere sollers Apposita intortos extendit regula mores, Et premitur ratione animus vincique laborat 40 Artificemque tuo ducit sub pollice vultum.

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Illius puro destillent tempora nardo, 8 Atque satur libo sit madeatque mero, Adnuat et, Cornute, tibi quodcumque rogabis.

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The extraordinary cornute oranges described and figured by Ferrari, Gallesio, and other writers on the genus Citrus, may be mentioned under this head.

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Cornute -us: having horns or horn-like processes.

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