English Explanatory Dictionary

sandcorn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A grain of sand
  2. Anything causing irritation or discomfort.

Word forms

sandcorn sandcorns

Etymology

From Middle English *sandcorn, from Old English sandcorn, from Proto-West Germanic *sandakorn, from Proto-Germanic *samdakurną, equivalent to sand + corn. Cognate with Dutch zandkoren, German Sandkorn, Swedish sandkorn, Icelandic sandkorn.

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