cornucopia

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cor=nu=co=pi=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

cornucopia, n. [L. cornu copiae horn of plenty. See Horn, and Copious.].

•  The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.  [1913 Webster]
•  A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.  [1913 Webster]

  " Some writers maintain that this word should be written, in the singular, cornu copiæ, and in the plural, cornua copiæ."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cornucopia, n.
1 a a symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn. b an ornamental vessel shaped like this.
2 an abundant supply.

Derivative

cornucopian adj.

Etymology

LL f. L cornu copiae horn of plenty

THESAURUS

cornucopia

abundance, accumulation, amassment, backlog, bonanza, budget, collection, commissariat, commissary, cumulation, dump, endless supply, font, fount, fountain, gold mine, heap, hoard, horn of Amalthea, horn of plenty, inventory, larder, lode, mass, material, materials, materiel, mine, munitions, pile, plenitude, plenty, provisionment, provisions, quarry, rations, repertoire, repertory, resource, rick, source, source of supply, spring, stack, staple, stock, stock-in-trade, stockpile, store, stores, supplies, supply on hand, treasure, treasury, vein, well, wellspring

ROGET THESAURUS

cornucopia

Sufficiency

N sufficiency, adequacy, enough, withal, satisfaction, competence, no less, quantum sufficit, Q, S, mediocrity, fill, fullness, plenitude, plenty, abundance, copiousness, amplitude, galore, lots, profusion, full measure, good measure pressed down and running, over, luxuriance, affluence, fat of the land, a land flowing with milk and honey, cornucopia, horn of plenty, horn of Amalthaea, mine, outpouring, flood, tide, repletion, satiety, sufficient, enough, adequate, up to the mark, commensurate, competent, satisfactory, valid, tangible, measured, moderate, full, ample, plenty, plentiful, plenteous, plenty as blackberries, copious, abundant, abounding, replete, enough and to spare, flush, choke-full, chock-full, well-stocked, well- provided, liberal, unstinted, unstinting, stintless, without stint, unsparing, unmeasured, lavish, wholesale, rich, luxuriant, affluent, wantless, big with, unexhausted, unwasted, exhaustless, inexhaustible, sufficiently, amply Adj, full, in abundance, with no sparing hand, to one's heart's content, ad libitum, without stint, cut and come again, das Beste ist gut genug.