Cornified
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Cornified is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of cornify.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of cornify.
More Meanings
- Converted into horn; horny.
- (informal) Corny, or having been made corny.
Example Sentences
“Timberlake,” it wrote,” is the most cornified and harmless of pop stars […] ”
The filiform variety are less numerous in cats than in dogs but are more heavily cornified, with backward-pointing hooklike tips.
The least cornified, young cells stain violet or blue, more mature cells mauve and the most cornified, old and dying cells stain red.
Epidermis on the palms and soles is thicker and more cornified than epidermis on other areas of the body because of frequent use and superficial trauma.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hornlike, corny, horny, horn-bearing, semihorny, well-horned.
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