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alicorn

Definitions

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  • noun nonstandard A winged horse with a single horn on its head; a winged unicorn.
  • noun now historical The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient.

Etymologies

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Term already associated with unicorns and reinterpreted, popularized by Bearing an Hourglass (1984) and other fantasy novels by Piers Anthony.

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From Italian alicorno.

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Examples

  • Looks like someone must have reattached the alicorn again.

    Spring is here again. Reproductive glands... wendigomountain 2008

  • Maybe an alicorn, which was a winged unicorn, and a werewolf.

    Pet Peeve Anthony, Piers 2005

  • The alicorn-stallion pawed the ground and bared its fangs.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • The further he got, the brighter he made his light; at first, as the light itself frightened nocturnal animals out of his path, he was afraid that the disturbances they made would betray him, or draw in something like an alicorn that could be a real danger to him.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • Kaeth looked up at his master, who nodded to Lord Wyvarna; Kaeth immediately picked up one of the discarded shields stacked at the side of the arena bearing the azure serpent, and Gel took one of the discarded white alicorn shields.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • "I think we nearly ran into one of those-invisible lurking things back there," Noet said thoughtfully, and described being trapped between it and the alicorn herd, and how Kyrtian had solved the situation.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • The lord of the white alicorn was the first to rise from his seat; there was lightning in his gaze and thunder in his voice as he addressed, not Kyrtian, but his cousin.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • I don't want people stumbling around break-ing ankles in rabbit-holes or running into an alicorn and getting skewered.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • "Not even alicorn-white with pretty blue eyes?" he teased, fading out the checks into a uniform brown.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • The lord of the white alicorn looked sullen; the lord of the blue serpent responded first.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • Such exotic and sacred associations helped gain unicorn horn or “alicorn” a reputation as a panacea in Europe.

    Greenland Unicorns and the Magical Alicorn Natalie Lawrence 2023

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same context (17)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. eltor
  2. footless
  3. fur seal
  4. grasser
  5. mountain-sheep
  6. prong-horned
  7. querdidra
  8. remount
  9. rothe
  10. rothé
  11. sauropod
  12. shaggy-maned
  13. triteera
  14. vinx
  15. water-bound
  16. wieldy
  17. wildebeest

cross-references (2)

Cross-references

  1. Pegasus
  2. unicorn

Comments

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  • whichbe commented on the word alicorn

    The horn of a unicorn, or the material of which the horn is made. The alicorn was thought to cure many diseases and have the ability to detect poisons. Many Phycisians would make "cures" and sell them. (Wikipedia)

    May 20, 2008

  • qms commented on the word alicorn

    Some fleece from the golden ram shorn,

    The tears of a mermaid forlorn:

    Nepenthean mixture

    And blissful elixir

    If sprinkled with powder of alicorn.

    June 3, 2015

  • bilby commented on the word alicorn

    I wonder if this qualifies for the Not Edible list.

    June 7, 2015