cornucopian

English

Etymology

From cornucopia +‎ -an.

Adjective

cornucopian (comparative more cornucopian, superlative most cornucopian)

1. in great abundance, very abundant
   • 2001 May 18, Neil Tesser, “Jerry Steinhilber Trio With George Garzone”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     On Chicago Trio, New York Tenor, released this month on the Italian label Soul Note, his trio features two fellow fellow Chicagoans--Larry Kohut on bass, a steadying influence even during his sudden shifts to double time, and cornucopian pianist Jim Trompeter--and collectively it has the flexibility and tensile strength of metal mesh.

   • 2000 November 24, Robert F. Service, “Atom-Scale Research Gets Real”, in Science‎, volume 290, number 5496, →DOI, pages 1524–1531:

     In response, many researchers at the cutting edge of dealing with matter on the near-atomic scale have become aggressively matter- of-fact, squirming at the suggestion of cornucopian nanofactories or even humbler mass-produced nanodevices.

   • 1990 October 26, Anthony Adler, “Dangerous Women”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     The full mystic vision of Kali includes birth as well as death, the cornucopian vagina as well as the hungry mouth.

   • 1912, Herman Scheffauer, The Masque of the Elements‎:

     With cornucopian Fire thou giv'st me strength, Caresses and golden hours and grace of sleep.

Derived terms

• cornucopianism