carnelian, cornelian
(noun) a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cornelian (countable and uncountable, plural cornelians)
Alternative form of carnelian
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Deudorix.
cornelian (plural cornelians)
The cornelian cherry (fruit).
• lecanorin
Cornelian (comparative more Cornelian, superlative most Cornelian)
Pertaining to Pierre Corneille, or characteristic of his tragedies
• lecanorin
Source: Wiktionary
Cor*nel"ian (kr-nlyan), n. Etym: [F. cornaline, OF. corneline, fr. L. cornu horn. So called from its horny appearance when broken. See Horn, and cf. Carnelian.] (Min.)
Definition: Same as Carnelian.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
