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alicorn¹

  • /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹn/ US
  • /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔːn/ UK

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian alicorno.

noun alicorns

  1. archaic, countable A unicorn.
  2. countable, historical, uncountable The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient. He admits that powdered alicorn will delay the death of a poisoned pigeon, but says that any other horn will do the same thing by retarding assimilation.

alicorn²

  • /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹn/ US
  • /ˈæ.lɪ.kɔːn/ UK

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n

Where it comes from

Term already associated with unicorns and reinterpreted as a blend of Latin āla (“wing”) + unicorn, popularized by Bearing an Hourglass (1984) and other fantasy novels by Piers Anthony.

noun alicorns

  1. proscribed A mythological creature, a mixture of pegasus and unicorn: a winged horse with a single horn on its head. The Alicorn. He be a winged unicorn, the finest equine flesh extant, the adoration of every fair and innocent maiden. For that steed I would give anything.

    Similar: pegacorn, unipeg, unisus

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@misc{alicorn_2026,
  title = {alicorn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alicorn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}