See Also: comico-(dictionary)
hornpipe(medicine)
hornpipe(dictionary)
hornpipe(dictionary)

comico- (iou) and hornpipe (medicine)


comico- (iou)



comico- combining form.
[from Latin comicus, Greek komikos: see COMIC, -O-.]
Forming chiefly adjectives with the sense 'comic and', as comico-tragic(al) etc.

hornpipe (medicine)


hornpipe


An instrument of Music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn.

A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing. "Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis." (Sir W. Raleigh) A Dance performed, usually by one person, to such a tune, and popular among sailors.

Source: Websters Dictionary