corneous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: cor=ne=ous

CIDE DICTIONARY

corneous, a. [L. corneus, fr. cornu horn.].

 Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard.   Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

corneous, adj. hornlike, horny.

Etymology

L corneus f. cornu horn

THESAURUS

corneous

bony, cement, cemental, concrete, dense, diamondlike, dure, flintlike, flinty, granitelike, granitic, hard, hard as nails, hardhearted, horny, iron-hard, ironlike, lapideous, lithoid, lithoidal, marble, marblelike, obdurate, osseous, resistant, resistive, rocklike, rocky, solid, steellike, steely, stonelike, stony, tough

ROGET THESAURUS

corneous

Hardness

N hardness, rigidity, renitence, renitency, inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity, induration, petrifaction, lapidification, lapidescence, vitrification, ossification, crystallization, stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant, bone, cartilage, hardware, heart of oak, block, board, deal board, iron, steel, cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron, nail, brick, concrete, cement, hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm, starch, starched, stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding, inflexible, tense, indurate, indurated, gritty, proof, adamant, adamantine, adamantean, concrete, stony, granitic, calculous, lithic, vitreous, horny, corneous, bony, osseous, ossific, cartilaginous, hard as a rock, stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker, stiff as starch, stiff as as board.