unicorny
unicorny adjective: resembling or characteristic of a unicorn.
Adjective
unicorny (comparative more unicorny, superlative most unicorny)
- Resembling or characteristic of a unicorn.
- Then the frigging spray-and-pray began all over again and I caught another fragment—this one a splinter of wood that stuck me in the forehead giving me a very Unicorny look.2001, Richard Marcinko, John Weisman, Detachment Bravo, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, published 2002, pages 245–246
- Would you describe yourself as unicorny? I have: A. One horn in the middle of my head. B. No horns. True or false: I am a unicorn.2006, Wendy Molyneux, “Questions from the FBI Employment Application Meant to Filter Out Unicorns Disguised as People”, in Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney’s Book of Lists, New York, N.Y....
- Synonyms:
- unicornic
- Containing unicorns.
- As Tom Cruise’s love, Princess Lili, in the unicorny fairy tale Legend, she ranges from Ivory girl to mascara-tarred vampire.1986 May 19, David Handelman, “Brief Lives: That Girl”, in New York, volume 19, number 20, New York, N.Y.: News America Publishing, Inc., page 22
- CocoRosie’s Bianca Casady explains the horny, unicorny cover art to their haunted toybox opus Noah’s Ark (Touch And Go).2004, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 135, New York, N.Y.: The CMJ Network, →ISSN, page 58
Examples of unicorny in a sentence
- Before I draw her unicorny features, she kind of looks like a dinosaur.2014, Dana Simpson, Phoebe and Her Unicorn, Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, page 216:
- I cast my unicorny eye around the pizza parlor to locate my adversaries.2016, Helaine Becker, Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (Dirk Daring, Secret Agent; 2), Victoria, B.C.: Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN:
- A potty-mouthed lover of all things typographic and unicorny, she creates work that is lovely, irreverent, and shiny.2017, Andy J. Miller, “Carolyn Sewell”, in Creative Pep Talk: Inspiration from 50 Artists, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN:
- This allows for variation in what makes something sufficiently unicorny (groundhoggy, etc.) for the purposes at hand.2018, Paul M. Pietroski, Conjoining Meanings: Semantics Without Truth Values, Oxford, Oxon: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 15:
Synonyms of unicorny
Forms of unicorny
| comparative | more unicorny |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unicorny |
Origin of unicorny
From unicorn + -y.
Questions about unicorny
- What does unicorny mean?
- Unicorny means resembling or characteristic of a unicorn.
- How do you use unicorny in a sentence?
- Before I draw her unicorny features, she kind of looks like a dinosaur.
- What part of speech is unicorny?
- Unicorny is an adjective.
Words near unicorny in the dictionary
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