cornercap

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noun

A priest's or academic's hat.

Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nouncornercap (plural cornercaps)

plural cornercaps

  1. obsoleteA priest's or academic's hat.
  2. obsoleteThe chief ornament.

    Thou makest the triumviry the cornercap of society.

    c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]

Origin

From corner + cap.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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