cornuted, ppl. a.
(kɔːˈnjuːtɪd)
[f. prec. adj. or vb. + -ed1.]
1. Having horns, or horn-like projections; horned.
| 1613 R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3), Cornuted, hauing hornes. 1613 Zouch Dove 40 The silver Crescent, in the sable skye Seemes to resemble Loyres cornuted streames. 1760 C. Johnston Chrysal (1822) I. 101 Philosophical remarks on cornuted animals. 1816 G. S. Faber Orig. Pagan Idol. III. 351 The bovine and cornuted figure of Bacchus. 1831 Carlyle Sart. Res. i. vii, Bushel-breeches, cornuted shoes. 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life Introd. 111, The males, except in the cornuted species, being slighter in make. |
b. Having the form of a horn, horn-shaped.
| 1866 E. C. Rye in Intell. Observ. No. 56. 132 Cornuted processes on head or thorax. |
2. ‘Horned’, cuckolded.
| 1612 N. Breton Pasquil's Nt.-Cap (1877) 117 Loe here (cornuted Seigniors) here you see It is no wonder for to weare a horne. 1717 Bullock Wom. a Riddle i. i, A cornuted coxcomb. 1830 Fraser's Mag. II. 92 Cornuted husbands. |
† 3. Of an argument: ‘Horned’. Obs. Cf. cornute n. 5.
| 1683 O. U. Parish Ch. no Convent. 10 Else he would not arietare against our Bishops..with his cornuted arguments. |
† 4. Of grain: ‘Spurred’ with ergot. Obs.
| 1676 Phil. Trans. II. 761 The Cornuted Rey was the cause of the gangrens. Ibid. 760 This cornuted grain. |