Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nasicornous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: na-si-cornous
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros does.

Example Sentences

"[S]ome Unicornes wee will allow even among inſects, as thoſe foure kinds of naſicornous Beetles described by Muffetus."
"A striking species of nasicornous beetle, reminding us of the giants of the tropics, is Xylotrupes dichotomus L., which appears to be distributed over the entire monsoon district."
"The Museum of Natural History of Paris possesses among its many curiosities a horned, or nasicornous, viper, specimens of which are very rare. […] The two horns that project above the nostrils have caused this reptile to be called “nasicornous.”"

Etymology

From Latin nasicornis + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: la:nasicornis

Questions

What does nasicornous mean?: Bearing a horn, or horns, on the nose, as the rhinoceros does.
Where does nasicornous come from?: From Latin nasicornis + -ous.

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