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cornucopiae

cornucopiae is the plural of cornucopia.

Meaning of cornucopia

Noun

cornucopia (countable and uncountable, plural cornucopias or cornucopiae or (archaic) cornucopiæ)

  1. (Greek) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.
    • Device, an anchor held by a hand from the clouds: behind the anchor are a kind of brackets, in the form of cornucopiæ, croſſed; […]1786, Typographical Antiquities: or An Historical Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing in Great Britain and Ireland: […], volume II, London: […] [F]or the Editor, and sold by Mr. T. Payne...
  2. A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.
  3. An abundance or plentiful supply.
    • The store provided a veritable cornucopia of modern gadgets.

Questions about cornucopiae

What is cornucopiae the plural of?
Cornucopiae is the plural of cornucopia.

Words near cornucopiae in the dictionary

  1. cornucopia
  2. cornucopia machine
  3. cornucopia machines
  4. cornucopia sofa
  5. cornucopia sofas
  6. cornucopiae
  7. cornucopian
  8. cornucopianism
  9. cornucopias
  10. cornucopiate
  11. cornucopious

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