cornified

cornified

1. simple past and past participle of cornify

cornified (comparative more cornified, superlative most cornified)

1. Converted into horn; horny.
   • 1966, New Scientist, page 290:

     The least cornified, young cells stain violet or blue, more mature cells mauve and the most cornified, old and dying cells stain red.

   • 1998, Charles William Cummings, Charles J. Krause, David E. Schuller, Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery, page 574:

     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.

   • 2002, Douglas H. Slatter, Textbook of Small Animal Surgery, page 499:

     The filiform variety are less numerous in cats than in dogs but are more heavily cornified, with backward-pointing hooklike tips.

2. (informal) Corny, or having been made corny.
   • 2007 December 7, Mal Vincent, “Former boy-band singer takes a risk with 'Alpha Dog’ role”, in Virginian-Pilot‎:

     “Timberlake,” it wrote,” is the most cornified and harmless of pop stars […] ”