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单词 cornute
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cornuteadj.n.

Etymology: < Latin cornūtus, cornūta, cornūtum horned, < cornū horn. Already in medieval Latin used as a noun in sense B. 1, cornūta a retort.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: corˈnute.
A. adj.
= cornuted adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > like a horn
cornute1706
cornuted1866
1706 in Phillips (ed. 6) ; hence in Bailey , etc.
1957 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 6) xiii. 249 A fantastic elaboration of handles towards cornute types.
B. n. Obsolete.
1. A retort used in distilling.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > still > [noun] > vessel of
alembicc1405
retort1527
bagpipe1558
cornute1605
refrigeratory1605
campane1662
cornue1672
refrigerant1678
culb1683
vesica1683
blind-head1743
ambix1781
refrigerator1798
still-tub1826
wash-cistern1853
wash-warmer1900
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 172 Distill it by a cornute.
1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Cornute,..a Still or luted Mattrass with a crooked Neck.
2. A forked pennon.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > long narrow flag > with cleft end
banderole1562
cornute1625
swallowtail1697
swallowtail pennon1891
1625 F. Markham Bk. Honour iii. ix. 115 Those that were to receiue this Honour..came before him with their Cornutes (which were long Streamers or Ensignes with two long Forkes, or Nookes at the lower ende, in the manner of Hornes).
3. Some horned animal.
ΚΠ
1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni 50 Wholesome..against the byting of a Beast called the Cornute.
4. One who is ‘horned’; a cuckold.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > husband of adulterous wife
cuckolda1250
cornutoc1430
unicorn1509
hoddypolla1529
summer bird1541
Actaeon1567
knight of the forked order1586
Vulcanian1598
hoddy-doddy1601
becco1604
ram-head1605
cornute1608
horn-stock1611
skimmington1623
horn-heada1640
tup1652
half-moon1659
cuck1706
1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight iii. sig. G2v Your best of friends..Vsurps your bed and makes you a cornute.
1707 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. xi. 27 In the next severe Dispute Between the King, and Earl Cornute.
5. Logic. A ‘horned’ argument, dilemma; the ancient sophism ‘cornutus’: see ceratine adj.
ΚΠ
1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 21 A Dilemma is a kind of a Cuckoldy or horned Argument; wherefore Logicians frequently call it a Cornute.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xxiii. 466 The sophisma heterozeteseos, or sophism of counter-questioning..obtained, among the ancients, the names of the Dilemma,—the Cornutus,—the Litigiosus [etc.]... To take, for an example of this fallacy, the κεράτινος or Cornutus:—it is asked;—Have you cast your horns? [etc.].
1887 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic 155 (note) ]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

cornutev.

/kɔːˈnjuːt/
Etymology: formed as cornute adj.
archaic.
a. transitive. To give ‘horns’ to, to ‘horn’; i.e. to make a cuckold of.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [verb (transitive)] > defile by adultery > dishonour husband by adultery
byhorec1440
hornc1550
behorn1574
Actaeon1582
to make to wear the stag's crest1591
cornute1597
adhorn1605
hornify1607
tup1608
capricornify1611
cornify1611
cuckolda1616
Vulcan1624
wittol1624
branch1633
shoehorn1638
capricorn1665
cuckoldize1682
to liquor (a person's) bootsa1704
ram-head1713
1597 J. Lyly Woman in Moone iii. ii I have done this to cornute my maister.
1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice iv. sig. H3v You are most shamefully..most scornfully cornuted.
1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 89 O'regrown in Sin, cornuted, and in Debt.
1885 Athenæum 2 May 577 He [Iago] vehemently suspects that Emilia and Othello have cornuted him.
b. literal (nonce-use.)
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1831 T. Carlyle in Westm. Rev. 15 11 Let no one..fancy that our brave Siegfried..was actually cornuted, and had horns on his brow.

Derivatives

corˈnuting n.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery > dishonour by wife's adultery
cuckoldry?1529
horning?1578
nightcapa1616
cornuting1640
horn-fair1669
cuckold-making1681
cuckoldom1681
hornwork1738
hornification1819
hornifying-
1640 J. Shirley Humorous Courtier iv. i Some city-heir That would..pay for his cornuting.
1772 Town & Country Mag. 23 He had..been a capital offender in the cornuting way.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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