cornific

(kɔːˈnɪfɪk)

adj

producing horns

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The tree with the cornific apples--both golden, in the play--is planted by Vice, who is horned; and she specifically associates the apples with lechery, for if she 'Can win some amorous foole to wanton here, | And taste the fruite of this alluring tree, | Thus shall his sawcie browes adorned bee' (ll.

2328) is echoed by Andolosia's feeling 'a suddain pain in his head' when he eats the cornific apples (1682, p.

The date of Thomas Combe's Fortunatus and its relation to Thomas Dekker's Old Fortunatus

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