noun · countable / uncountable · rare

alicorn

al·i·corn

alicorn · alicorns

The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredientThe horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient.

UK/ˈæ.lɪ.kɔːn/US/ˈæ.lɪ.kɔɹn/

Meaning

3 senses

(countable, historical, uncountable)The horn of a unicorn considered as a medical or pharmacological ingredient.
(proscribed)A mythological creature, a mixture of pegasus and unicorn: a winged horse with a single horn on its head.
(archaic, countable)A unicorn.

Origin

Borrowed from Italian alicorno. Term already associated with unicorns and reinterpreted a

Borrowed from Italian alicorno.

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.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source