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Capricorn|ˈkæprɪkɔːn|
[a. F. capricorne or ad. L. capricornus ‘goat-horned’ (the Zodiacal sign), f. caper, capr-um goat + cornu horn; cf. Gr. αἰγόκερως. The Latin form also is common in English books in sense 1.]
1. Astron.
a. The Zodiacal constellation of the He-Goat, lying between Sagittarius and Aquarius.
b. The tenth of the twelve signs of the Zodiac, beginning at the most southerly point of the ecliptic or winter solstitial point, which the sun enters about the 21st of December. Tropic of Capricorn: the southern Tropic forming a tangent to the ecliptic at the first point of Capricorn.
c1391Chaucer Astrol. i. §17 Wiche declinacioun..is 23 degrees & 50 Minutes, as wel in cancer as in Capricorne. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy Prol., Whose lordshyp cheifest is in Capricorne. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xxxiii. i. (1845) 161 Whan golden Phebus in the Capricorne Gan to ascend fast unto Aquary. 1595J. Davis Seamans Secr. ii. 5 What is the Tropick of Capricorn? 1667Milton P.L. x. 677 As deep as Capricorne. 1687Dryden Hind & P. iii. 598 That very morn The Sun was entered into Capricorn. 1833[see cancer 2]. 1867Denison Astron. without Math. 37 The tropic of Capricorn, which the sun reaches in our winter and the southern midsummer.
c. Astrol. A person born under the sign of Capricorn. Also attrib. or as adj.
1894E. Kirk Influence of Zodiac upon Human Life xvi. 130 Capricorn people resent all interference, and never meddle with the affairs of others. 1936‘J. Tey’ Shilling for Candles xix. 206 Capricorn people are often melancholic. 195820th Cent. Aug. 153 A horoscope..tells Emma that this week, if her man is an Aquarius..‘Be patient and subtle’; if he is an Aries, ‘..guide his enthusiasm..’ and if a Capricorn, ‘Use a little diplomacy.’ 1970D. Gilman Amazing Mrs Pollifax (1971) iii. 27 Colin's Capricorn..that's why he's so inherently precise. 1977Rolling Stone 30 June 73/2 At her kitchen table, we talk about being Capricorns and being pigeonholed in all the astrology books as humorless.
†2. A ‘goat-horned’ animal; ? a chamois. Obs.
1646Evelyn Diary (Chandos) 189 He shew'd two heads and hornes of the true capricorne, which animal he told us was frequently kill'd among the mountaines.
3. capricorn beetle: a name given to beetles of the genus Cerambyx.
1700King Transactioneer 18 A Scarlet Butterfly, an Ash-coloured Capricorn. 1781Smeathman in Phil. Trans. LXXI. 168 note, The Caterpillar of a large Capricorn Beetle, or Goat Chafer. 1828Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. xlix. 517 In the wood itself may be found the Anobidæ and the Capricorn beetles.
¶ ? Humorously used for capriccio, with a reference to horn (as in next verb).
1612Chapman Widows T. in Dodsley (1780) VI. 183 Have you no other Capricorns in your head, to entrap my sister in her frailty. |