cornucopia
pronunciation
How to pronounce cornucopia in British English:
UK [ˌkɔ:njuˈkəʊpiə]
How to pronounce cornucopia in American English:
US [ˌkɔrnjuˈkoʊpiə]
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- Noun:
- the property of being extremely abundant
Word Origin
- cornucopia (n.)
- c. 1500, from Late Latin cornucopia, from Latin cornu copiae "horn of plenty," originally the horn of the goat Amalthea, who nurtured the infant Zeus. See horn (n.) and copious.
Example
- 1. Zigzagging through a cornucopia of words , pictures , video and sounds , they say , distracts more than strengthens readers .
- 2. There are lots of other hypotheses for the evolution of homosexuality , although they are not the " infinite cornucopia " that leszek kolakowski postulated could be argued for any given position .
- 3. The microscopic world is a cornucopia of beautiful images ; most any finalist in nikon 's small world contest or the olympus bioscapes digital imaging competition deserves inclusion on this year-end image list .
- 4. As a result , there exists a veritable cornucopia of fda-approved erectile dysfunction medicines and very few treatments for female sexual dysfunction , which amounts to yet another way that pharmaceutical companies pretend women don 't exist .
- 5. Opportunities for energy populism abound : it cannot be long before one of the major parties abandons the pale green consensus and starts invoking an oil cornucopia it cannot possibly deliver .