† nasicornousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nasicornis , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin nasicornis (T. Moffet 1634 (compare quot. 1646); < classical Latin nāsus nose (see nase n.) + cornū horn: see corn n.²) + -ous suffix. Compare bicornous adj., tauricornous adj., and unicornous adj., also attested in Browne's Pseud. Epidemica.

Obsolete. rare.

Having a horn on the head.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > having horn on nose

nasicornous1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxiii. 166 Some Unicornes wee will allow even among insects, as those foure kinds of nasicornous Beetles described by Muffetus.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	nasicornous
释义	† nasicornousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin nasicornis , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin nasicornis (T. Moffet 1634 (compare quot. 1646); < classical Latin nāsus nose (see nase n.) + cornū horn: see corn n.²) + -ous suffix. Compare bicornous adj., tauricornous adj., and unicornous adj., also attested in Browne's Pseud. Epidemica. Obsolete. rare. Having a horn on the head. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having a snout > having horn on nose nasicornous1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxiii. 166 Some Unicornes wee will allow even among insects, as those foure kinds of nasicornous Beetles described by Muffetus. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1646
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