1 an ancient Celtic language spoken in Cornwall, especially in the past:
The documentary follows the lives of Cornish fishermen.
Du Maurier knew every inch of the Cornish countryside she described in her novels.
Floods devastated the Cornish seaside town.
A Cornish teacher came to set each day and helped actors with pronunciation.
Bugaboo might come from an old Celtic word (most likely bucca-boo, an old Cornish word for a devil or spectre).
The last native speaker to use Cornish as a first language died in 1891, but the language was revived in the 20th century.
Estimates of the number of people who speak fluent Cornish range from a few hundred to several thousand.
