单词 | cornute |
释义 | cornuteadj.n. 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. 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. 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.) ΚΠ 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). < adj.n.1605v.1597 |
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