bicorne

noun

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

Examples of bicorne in a Sentence

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For example, one of Napoleon’s bicorne hats sold for $2.1 million in November—days before the release of the film Napoleon, director Ridley Scott’s historical drama about the emperor’s rise and fall. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2024 One of the hanging illustrations shows a man wearing a military uniform and a bicorne hat, a headcovering common among European army and naval officers of the day. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024 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

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 Dec. 2024.

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