corniform
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cornu (“horn”) + -iform.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]corniform (comparative more corniform, superlative most corniform)
- Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.
- 1906, O. Henry, The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein:
- Therefore Ikey's corniform, be-spectacled nose and narrow, knowledge-bowed figure was well known in the vicinity of the Blue Light, and his advice and notice were much desired.
Translations
[edit]horn-shaped
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References
[edit]- “corniform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.