Having horns or horn-like projections; shaped like a horn.
From Latin cornuatus, the past participle of cornuare meaning 'to furnish with horns.' The -ate suffix in English often denotes having or being characterized by something.
Medieval images of devils were almost always cornuate because horns symbolized evil and otherness—but in nature, cornuate animals like deer and antelope use their horns for dominance displays and mating competition, not malice.
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