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Cornucopia
//ˌkɔɹ.nəˈkoʊ.pi.ə// noun
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Noun
- 1 A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions. Greek, countable, uncountable
"Device, an anchor held by a hand from the clouds: behind the anchor are a kind of brackets, in the form of cornucopiæ, croſſed; […]"
- 2 the property of being extremely abundant wordnet
- 3 A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things. countable, uncountable
- 4 a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity wordnet
- 5 An abundance or plentiful supply. countable, uncountable
"The store provided a veritable cornucopia of modern gadgets."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cornūcōpia.
See also for "cornucopia"
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