unicorn
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- noun
- /ˈjuːnɪkɔrn/
- Literature
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unicornio
- Tan worked hard from early morning until night molding clay to make the unicorn, the lion, and the dragon.
- dragons and unicorns
- never seen a unicorn
Like she's a rainbow Unicorn, like riding on a rocket ship.
- Like she's a rainbow Unicorn, like riding on a rocket ship.
- I can't believe I removed my cute DIY Unicorn horn for this.
- They have like princesses, unicorns, rainbows, things like that.
- And then we have the Unicorn cream cream highlighters.
- They're all especially, like you said before the Unicorn parade.
Examples
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If I really had a pet Unicorn, what would I name it?
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I'm a magical Unicorn and I'm ready to play.
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Whoever captures our unicorn, shall win its treasure.
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It is a terrible crime to slay a unicorn.
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In the fairy tale, a beautiful unicorn rescued the princess by leading her to safety.
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The children imagined a unicorn with a shimmering white coat galloping through the enchanted forest.
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As she flipped through the pages of the storybook, she marveled at the unicorn that granted wishes.
Synonyms
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An imaginary being like a dragon or unicorn with magical powers
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A made-up creature from old stories or folk tales
A horse-like animal with one horn in old stories
Compounds
- Jargon
An idea or feature that looks exciting but is unlikely to work and aims to attract investors
- Slang
A very bright design with many playful colors on things like clothes or cakes
Surface Forms
Morphology
unicorn = corn (semi-transparent) = uni + corn
The prefix 'uni-' clearly means 'one', but the root 'corn' is a Latin combining form meaning 'horn' (not the common English noun 'corn'), so learners may be misled without knowledge of the combining form.
Etymology
Unicorn comes from Latin parts uni- 'one' and cornu 'horn', so it literally means an animal with 'one horn'. You can remember uni- from unicycle, which also means 'one', and that helps explain why the mythical unicorn is a single-horned horse.