alicorn
Syllables: al·i·corn/ˈæ.lɪ.kɔːn/US/ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹn/
alicorn noun: a unicorn.
Noun (1)
alicorn (countable and uncountable, plural alicorns)
- A unicorn.
- The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient.
- He admits that powdered alicorn will delay the death of a poisoned pigeon, but says that any other horn will do the same thing by retarding assimilation.1930, Odell Shepard, The Lore of the Unicorn, London: Unwin and Allen, →ISBN, Chapter VI
- "This happens to be my last voyage. But even so, I intend no coercion. If he does not value the alicorn to the extent of ten thousand Spanish dollars, I'll keep it myself. I'm rather fond of the thing. You see, it's a genuine unicorn's horn, and they're exceedingly few."1933, Alexander Laing, The Sea Witch, Farrar & Rinheart
Noun (2)
alicorn (plural alicorns)
- A mythological creature, a mixture of pegasus and unicorn: a winged horse with a single horn on its head.
- The Alicorn. He be a winged unicorn, the finest equine flesh extant, the adoration of every fair and innocent maiden. For that steed I would give anything.1984 August, Piers Anthony, Bearing an Hourglass, Del Rey Books, published 1992, →ISBN, →OL, page 171
- A silver portal opens in the sky and a^([sic]) ebony alicorn stallion gallops from it the silver tips on his black wings shine in the sun's light.1999 May 15, Twyligtsky <twyligtsky@aol.comSKYMAGE>, “Re: RP: First appearence!^([sic])”, in alt.mythology.mythic-animals (Usenet), message-ID <19990515145319.05236.00000939@ng-fs1.aol.com>
Examples of alicorn in a sentence
- Two kinds were on the market: Unicornum Verum (Alicorn), thought to be Mammoth Tusk, and Unicornum Falsum, Narwhal tusks.1945, Patrick Henry Yancey, Origins from mythology of biological names and terms, page 46:
- What a fabulous beast was the mythical unicorn — with its horse's head and hoofs, and a single horn, the alicorn, growing out of its forehead.1982 May-June, F. G. Walton Smith, “The Unicorn that Goes to Sea”, in Sea Frontiers: Bulletin of the International Oceanographic...
- The horn of the male narwhal, which sailors called the unicorn of the sea, is thought to have been the unicorn's horn, or alicorn, of medieval commerce.2008 April 21, Judyth A. McLeod, In a Unicorn's Garden: Recreating the magic and mystery of medieval gardens, Murdoch Books, →ISBN, →OCLC...
Synonyms of alicorn
Forms of alicorn
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Origin of alicorn
Borrowed from Italian alicorno.
Term already associated with unicorns and reinterpreted as a blend of Latin āla (“wing”) + unicorn, popularized by Bearing an Hourglass (1984) and other fantasy novels by Piers Anthony.
Words that rhyme with alicorn
Questions about alicorn
- What does alicorn mean?
- Alicorn means a unicorn.
- How do you use alicorn in a sentence?
- Two kinds were on the market: Unicornum Verum (Alicorn), thought to be Mammoth Tusk, and Unicornum Falsum, Narwhal tusks.
- What part of speech is alicorn?
- Alicorn is a noun.
- How do you pronounce alicorn?
- Alicorn is pronounced /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹn/ (US).
- What is the plural of alicorn?
- The plural of alicorn is alicorns.
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