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/ˈjuː.nɪ.kɔːn/ · noun
(mythology) A mythical horse, widely believed to exist until the 17th century, with a single, straight, spiraled horn projecting from its forehead..
[Seb.] A liuing Drolerie: now I will beleeue / That there are Vnicornes:[…]
The unicorn who may be touched and tamed only by a chaste virgin is a lunar symbol of the ancient religion of Europe.
God brought him forth out of Egypt, he hath as it were the ſtrength of an Vnicorne: he ſhall eate vp the nations his enemies, and ſhall breake their bones, and pierce them thorow with his arrowes.
The Sixth Inniskilling Dragoons and the First Battalion Royal Scots will be in attendance, and there will be unicorns, carricks, pursuivants, heralds, mace-bearers, ushers, and pages, together with the Purse-bearer, and the Lyon King-of-Arms, and the national anthem, and the royal salute
On Capitol Hill, Mr. Manchin is something of a unicorn — the only national Democrat from his ruby-red state — and acts and votes accordingly.
unicorn smoothies
Katja*, 27, has unicorned on two separate occasions.
“In Annie’s unicorning, she’s really able to try out other people’s relationships and see how they function from within,” Gillespie tells me.
Use unicorn when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unicorn means (mythology) A mythical horse, widely believed to exist until the 17th century, with a single, straight, spiraled horn projecting from its forehead..
Common synonyms include monoceros, black swan, hen's tooth, lightning in a bottle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[Seb.] A liuing Drolerie: now I will beleeue / That there are Vnicornes:[…]
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