Word of the day - CORNUCOPIA

The word today is Cornucopia

Cornucopia is a noun and means the following:

- A mythical goat horn of endless plenty used by Amalthea to feed Zeus.

- A inexhaustible source of choice of things: food, goods, opinions, etc.

Mythological horn of plenty used by Amalthea to feed Zeus

This world started life in Greek mythology but is still in use.

From Greek, via Latin "cornu copiae" we got to Cornucopia.

It has mutated in meaning from "horn of plenty" to loads of choices.

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There is an index of words of the day.