cornified
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.08 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of cornify
Example Sentences
- "The least cornified, young cells stain violet or blue, more mature cells mauve and the most cornified, old and dying cells stain red."
- "Epidermis on the palms and soles is thicker and more cornified than epidermis on other areas of the body because of frequent use and superficial trauma."
- "The filiform variety are less numerous in cats than in dogs but are more heavily cornified, with backward-pointing hooklike tips."
- "“Timberlake,” it wrote,” is the most cornified and harmless of pop stars […] ”"
Usage
Inflected Forms
more cornified (comparative)
most cornified (superlative)