cornified

Converted into horn; horny.

Adjective

  1. Converted into horn; horny.
    • The least cornified, young cells stain violet or blue, more mature cells mauve and the most cornified, old and dying cells stain red. - 1966, New Scientist, page 290:
    • Epidermis on the palms and soles is thicker and more cornified than epidermis on other areas of the body because of frequent use and superficial trauma. - 1998, Charles William Cummings, Charles J. Krause, David E....
    • The filiform variety are less numerous in cats than in dogs but are more heavily cornified, with backward-pointing hooklike tips. - 2002, Douglas H. Slatter, Textbook of Small Animal Surgery, page 499:
  2. Corny, or having been made corny.
    • “Timberlake,” it wrote,” is the most cornified and harmless of pop stars […] ” - 2007 December 7, Mal Vincent, “Former boy-band singer takes a risk with 'Alpha Dog’ role”, in Virginian-Pilot:

Forms

more cornified most cornified

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of cornify