bicorne

noun

bi·​corne ˈbī-ˌkȯrn How to pronounce bicorne (audio)

Examples of bicorne in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Jump to Answer 5 Vegan Joaquin Phoenix doesn’t wear animal products, which meant Napoleon’s costume team had to re-create the French military leader’s famous bicornes without wool felt. Craigh Barboza, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024 Not Napoleon’s bicorne hat, an original of which (just in time for Ridley Scott’s movie) sold for $2.1 million at an auction last month in France, but Santa’s hat. Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023 As Joaquin Phoenix portrays him, Napoleon is idiosyncratic, pervy, brutish — Joker in a bicorne hat. Armond White, National Review, 24 Nov. 2023 Yet the bicorne hat was by far the pièce de résistance, as the French would say. María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023 And Napoleon's famous bicorne hat sells for $2.1 million. Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2023 This bicorne had traditionally been worn with the wings front to back. Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2023 He and his cartoon avatar dressed in red long johns and a Napoleon bicorne hat. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023 To commemorate Napoleon’s victory over Austria at the Battle of Marengo, David painted him charging up a mountain on a piebald steed, right arm pointing skyward, trademark bicorne on his head, cool and cocksure as his horse bucks its front heels. Jason Farago, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020

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Word History

Etymology

French, from Latin bicornis two-horned, from bi- + cornu horn — more at horn

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bicorne was in 1936

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“Bicorne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bicorne. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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