What does "alicorn" mean?
A unicorn.
Alicorn
/ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹn/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A unicorn.
- Grammar: alicorn is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: unicorn horn.
- Usage evidence: "So... what's this one, then?" "It says, "Drink this, then tell me what you've learned." "Alright, hang on. ...And here's the bucket. Okay, go ahead." "Urk! Ugh, it's got an aftertaste. Eh? Uh oh! Blaaargh!" "Well... I see you didn't barf up the spell..." "Ugh... I know she can make these potions palatable... Anything happen?" "Aye. But — truth be told, it's come so far out of left field for me I don't actually have any feelings about it!" "What?" "Have a look at the mirror." "...Oh. Wait... What?!" "Pretty much what I was thinking. No one's gonna understand, but here we are. So... what now, alicorn princess? Envy of little girls everywhere?"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A unicorn. archaic, countable, uncountable
- 2 A mythological creature, a mixture of pegasus and unicorn: a winged horse with a single horn on its head. proscribed
"The Alicorn. He be a winged unicorn, the finest equine flesh extant, the adoration of every fair and innocent maiden. For that steed I would give anything."
- 3 The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient. countable, historical, uncountable
"He admits that powdered alicorn will delay the death of a poisoned pigeon, but says that any other horn will do the same thing by retarding assimilation."
Synonyms
All synonyms unicorn horn
Example
""So... what's this one, then?" "It says, "Drink this, then tell me what you've learned." "Alright, hang on. ...And here's the bucket. Okay, go ahead." "Urk! Ugh, it's got an aftertaste. Eh? Uh oh! Blaaargh!" "Well... I see you didn't barf up the spell..." "Ugh... I know she can make these potions palatable... Anything happen?" "Aye. But — truth be told, it's come so far out of left field for me I don't actually have any feelings about it!" "What?" "Have a look at the mirror." "...Oh. Wait... What?!" "Pretty much what I was thinking. No one's gonna understand, but here we are. So... what now, alicorn princess? Envy of little girls everywhere?""
Common questions
What is a synonym for "alicorn"?
Common synonyms include: unicorn horn.
How do you use "alicorn" in a sentence?
"So... what's this one, then?" "It says, "Drink this, then tell me what you've learned." "Alright, hang on. ...And here's the bucket. Okay, go ahead." "Urk! Ugh, it's got an aftertaste. Eh? Uh oh! Blaaargh!" "Well... I see you didn't barf up the spell..." "Ugh... I know she can make these potions palatable... Anything happen?" "Aye. But — truth be told, it's come so far out of left field for me I don't actually have any feelings about it!" "What?" "Have a look at the mirror." "...Oh. Wait... What?!" "Pretty much what I was thinking. No one's gonna understand, but here we are. So... what now, alicorn princess? Envy of little girls everywhere?"
How do you pronounce "alicorn"?
Pronounced /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹn/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian alicorno.
Etymology 2
Term already associated with unicorns and reinterpreted as a blend of Latin āla (“wing”) with unicorn, popularized by Bearing an Hourglass (1984) and other fantasy novels by Piers Anthony.