{"id":638,"date":"2018-11-20T13:22:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T18:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/?p=638"},"modified":"2018-11-20T13:45:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T18:45:53","slug":"word-of-the-week-cornucopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/2018\/11\/20\/word-of-the-week-cornucopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Week! Cornucopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2018\/11\/Cornucopia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-639\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2018\/11\/Cornucopia-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2018\/11\/Cornucopia-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/files\/2018\/11\/Cornucopia.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a>I don&#8217;t hear this wonderful word much anymore, so I thought to trot it out for the week after Thanksgiving, when we enjoy a feast of plenty. What of the word that means &#8220;horn of plenty&#8221;? It may appear in seasonal imagery, but like last week&#8217;s word, it has faded from popular usage. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oed.com\/view\/Entry\/41730?redirectedFrom=cornucopia&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The OED Online<\/a> gives it only four of eight for frequency of usage.<\/p>\n<p>As with so many words here, the history of use can only be traced to the early Gutenberg years, or 16th Century. I imagine our term enjoyed popularity before, as the concept comes from pagan Antiquity, noted in the OED entry as &#8220;the horn of the goat Amalthea by which the infant Zeus was suckled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We might see the image of a horn of plenty advertising specials for Thanksgiving at supermarkets, but the lovely Latinate term? That seems rare today.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy your holiday feasts and do not overdo it. There are ancient stories about that, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Please nominate a word or metaphor useful in academic writing by e-mailing me (jessid -at- richmond -dot- edu) or leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n<p>See all of our Metaphors of the Month\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/tag\/metaphor-of-the-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0and Words of the Week\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/tag\/word-of-the-week\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/22711505@N05\/8169892157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fall Cornucopia<\/a>&#8221; by Ron Cogswell at Flickr.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t hear this wonderful word much anymore, so I thought to trot it out for the week after Thanksgiving, when we enjoy a feast of plenty. What of the word that means &#8220;horn of plenty&#8221;? It may appear in seasonal imagery, but like last week&#8217;s word, it has faded from popular usage. The OED &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/writing\/2018\/11\/20\/word-of-the-week-cornucopia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Word of the Week! 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