Definitions for Cornish

Cornish Cor·nish

Spelling: [kawr-nish]
IPA: /ˈkɔr nɪʃ/

Cornish is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 185 anagrams from letters in Cornish (chinors).

Definitions for Cornish

noun

  1. the Celtic language of Cornwall, extinct since c1800.
  2. one of an English breed of chickens raised chiefly for crossing with other breeds to produce roasters.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Cornwall, England, its inhabitants, or the Cornish language.

Origin of Cornish

1350-1400; late Middle English, apparently syncopated variant of Middle English Cornwelisse. See Cornwall, -ish1

Examples for Cornish

He broke off, and looked at Cornish with his slow and rather ponderous smile.

Two years later, in 1953, he evacuated to Cornish and became a celebrity recluse.

"We leave this morning," continued Cornish, in the same vein.

Cornish received the invitation the day after returning from Holland.

Cornish lingered a few minutes, and made the man's mind easy on this point.

Cornish: Now, what about some of the other business people Romney is spotlighting?

In fact, Salinger spent his last, reclusive decades in his Cornish, N.H. living room, screening Lost Horizon and other classics.

"Yes; but that will be all right," retorted Cornish, with his gay laugh.

[HOST AUDIE] Cornish: But I understand there's more to Gilchrist's story.

Even after Salinger had decamped to Cornish, he loved to lunch with William Shawn and Lillian Ross at the Algonquin in New York.

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