corniform

English

Etymology

Latin cornu (“horn”) +‎ -iform

Adjective

corniform (comparative more corniform, superlative most corniform)

1. Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.
   • 1906, O. Henry, The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein:

     Therefore Ikey's corniform, be-spectacled nose and narrow, knowledge-bowed figure was well known in the vicinity of the Blue Light, and his advice and notice were much desired.

Translations

horn-shaped

• Catalan: corniforme (ca) m
• Russian: рогоподо́бный m (rogopodóbnyj)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “corniform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)