Bicornute

/baɪˈkɔrnjut/ adjective

Definition

Having two horns; shaped with two horn-like or crescent-like projections.

Etymology

From Latin 'bicornutus' (two-horned). A rare variant form, primarily found in very old scientific, botanical, or heraldic texts from the 16th-18th centuries.

Kelly Says

This word is so old that it mostly appears in Renaissance medical texts and botanical drawings—it's basically the scholarly way 16th-century naturalists would describe anything with two pointy bits, before scientific terminology became more standardized.

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