Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cornification

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
corni-fi-ca-tion
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Conversion into, or formation of, horn.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A general hardening of the skin.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin cornū (“horn”) + -ification.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

cornifications (plural)

Derived Forms

hypercornification

Questions

What does cornification mean?
Conversion into, or formation of, horn.
Where does cornification come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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