corneolus

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noun

horn

OriginLatin corneolus ← Proto-Italic *kornū ← Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- →
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Meanings

nouncorneolus (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablehorn
  2. obsoleteuncountablecarnelian

    These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […]

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱerh₂-
  3. Proto-Italic*kornū
  4. Latincornū
  5. Latincorneus
  6. Latincorneolus
  7. Englishcorneolus

Borrowed from Latin corneolus.

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Cite this entry
APA

corneolus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corneolus

MLA

“corneolus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corneolus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corneolus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corneolus.

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