Capricorn

//ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔːn// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone with a Capricorn star sign.

    "‘This is why I stay away from Capricorns. You can be so cold!’"

  2. 2
    (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To adorn with horns. archaic

    "Richard Brathwait, "A Cuckold with a Witnesse", from A Strappado for the Devil (1615): "A wily wench there was (as I have read) / Who us’d to capricorn her husband’s head.""

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Capricornus (constellation).

    "The Centaure, the horn'd goatfiſh Capricorne, The ſnake-heard [sic] Gorgon, and fierce Sagittar."

  2. 2
    The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology).

Synonyms

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capricorn goatcapricorniancapricorniancapricornuscapricornusgoat

Antonyms

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Cancer

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"The twelve signs of the Zodiac are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces."

Etymology

From Latin Capricornus. By surface analysis, capri- + corn (“horn”).

Related phrases

Capricorn beetleTropic of Capricornfirst point of Capricornsidereal astrologystar signtropical astrology

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