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Cornish

//ˈkɔːɹnɪʃ// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England. not-comparable
  2. 2
    cornlike; resembling corn
  3. 3
    Native to Cornwall. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Of or pertaining to the Cornish language. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or related to Cornwall or its people or the Cornish language wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

    "There is a movement to revive Cornish."

  2. 2
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in York County, Maine.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; A township in Sibley County, Minnesota.
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States:; A town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
  2. 7
    A place in the United States:; A town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma.
  3. 8
    A place in the United States:; A town in Cache County, Utah, at the border with Idaho.
  4. 9
    A habitational surname from Old English [in turn originating as an ethnonym], referring to someone from Cornwall.
Noun
  1. 1
    The inhabitants of Cornwall, especially native-born. collective, plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    One of several decorative rings around the barrel of a cannon; the next ring from the muzzle backwards.
  3. 3
    English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters wordnet
  4. 4
    Alternative form of cornice. alt-of, alternative

    "So the curve of Stonehenge, which is above 100 English feet, appears extraordinary large and well proportion'd, upon a height of 18 foot, which reaches to the top of the outer cornish; that of the inner cornishes is but 24 foot high, at a medium. For the cornishes of the inner part of Stonehenge, or that which Webb calls the cell, are not all of equal height, of which in proper place."

  5. 5
    a Celtic language spoken in Cornwall wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Corn(wall) + -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.

Etymology 2

From Corn(wall) + -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.

Etymology 3

From Corn(wall) + -ish, from Cornish Kernewek, Kernowek.

Etymology 4

corn + -ish

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