Definitions
an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead
Word origin
From Middle English unicorne, unikorn, from Anglo-Norman unicorne, Old French unicorne, and their source, Latin ūnicornis, from ūnus (“one”) + cornū (“horn”). Displaced native Old English ānhorn, itself a calque.
Used in a sentence
“[Seb.] A liuing Drolerie: now I will beleeue / That there are Vnicornes:[…]”
“The unicorn who may be touched and tamed only by a chaste virgin is a lunar symbol of the ancient religion of Europe.”
“God brought him forth out of Egypt, he hath as it were the ſtrength of an Vnicorne: he ſhall eate vp the nations his enemies, and ſhall breake their bones, and pierce them thorow with his arrowes.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Mythic horned horse”7 letters
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