Capricorn

From Latin Capricornus. By surface analysis, capri- +‎ corn (“horn”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔɹn/

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Capricorn (symbol ♑︎)

2. (astronomy) Synonym of Capricornus (constellation).
   • 1634, Thomas Carew, Cœlum Britanicum. A Masque at White-Hall in the Banquetting-House on Shrove-Tuesday-Night, the 18. of February 1633, London: John Walkley, page 9:

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

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

• Capricornian

• Cancer

• Capricorn beetle
• first point of Capricorn
• Tropic of Capricorn

Capricorn (plural Capricorns)

1. Someone with a Capricorn star sign.
   • 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 232:

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

Capricorn (third-person singular simple present Capricorns, present participle Capricorning, simple past and past participle Capricorned)

1. (archaic) 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."