cornute

American  

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

verb (used with object)

cornuted, cornuting

1. Archaic. to cuckold.

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adjective

1. cornuted.

cornute British  

/ kɔːˈnjuːt /

adjective

1. 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

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

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

This amazing structure rested upon a myriad-footed base of crystal, even as had that other cornute fantasy beside which we had met the great Disk.

From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham

So the Larrikin stopped and said to him, "Dost thou cry out upon me and call to me with these words, O cornute?"

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir