[1640–50; ‹ L corneus horny, equiv. to corn(ū) horn + -eus-eous]This word is first recorded in the period 1640–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: differential, handicap, impulse, intrigue, liaison-eous is an adjectival suffix with the meanings “composed of,” “resembling, having thenature of,” occurring in loanwords from Latin (igneous; ligneous; vitreous); it is also found as a semantically neutral suffix on adjectives of diverse origin(beauteous; courteous; hideous; homogeneous; plenteous; righteous)
Examples of 'corneous' in a sentence
corneous
Aperture large and ovoid; outer lip sharp; umbilicus narrow and deep; operculum concentric, corneous.
Silvana Carvalho Thiengo 1987, 'Observations on the morphology of Pomacea lineata (Spix, 1827) (Mollusca, Ampullariidae)Observações sobre a morfologia de Pomacea lineata (Spix, 1827) (Mollusca, Ampullaridae)',Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761987000400015. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In some, however, the feet end in a single corneous substance called a hoof.
Mrs. Isabella Beeton The Book of Household Management (1861). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)
The amount of force necessary was directly proportional to the quantity of corneous endosperm in the grain.
Hevandro Colonhese Delalibera, Pedro Henrique Weirich Neto, Marcelo José Colet, PauloWilliam Garbuio, Claudio Bianor Sverzut 2008, 'Resistência de grãos de milho à ruptura por compressão Corn grain resistance to ruptureby compression', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782008000900012. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Eighteen biopsies were made, the epidermis presenting hyperacanthosis, and frquently pseudoepitheliomatosis with corneous globules and micro-abscesses.
F. Nery-Guimarães 1955, 'Estudo de um foco de Leishmaniose muco-cutânea na Baixada Fluminense (Estado do Riode Janeiro)', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761955000100001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)