OZDIC

capricorn

UK /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔːn/ US /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔɹn/
name 2noun 1verb 1

Definitions

name

1

Synonym of Capricornus (constellation).

The Centaure, the horn'd goatfiſh Capricorne, The ſnake-heard [sic] Gorgon, and fierce Sagittar.

2

The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology).

noun

1

Someone with a Capricorn star sign.

‘This is why I stay away from Capricorns. You can be so cold!’

verb

1

To adorn with horns.

Richard Brathwait, "A Cuckold with a Witnesse", from A Strappado for the Devil (1615): "A wily wench there was (as I have read) / Who us’d to capricorn her husband’s head."

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