The Unicorn in the Garden Vocabulary

Vocabulary and key terms extracted directly from the fable featuring the man, his wife, and the unicorn in the garden.

Unicorn

A mythical beast described as browsing among the tulips, having a golden horn in the middle of its forehead, and eating a lily gravely.

Booby

The derogatory term used by the wife to address her husband when he claimed a unicorn was in the garden.

Booby-hatch

The mental confinement facility where the wife threatened to have her husband put.

Golden horn

The feature described as being situated in the middle of the unicorn's forehead.

Straight-jacket (Strait-jacket)

The restraining garment requested by the wife from the police and psychiatrist, which was ultimately used to subdue her.

Psychiatrist

The professional summoned by the wife who observed her story, signaled the police to seize her, and concluded she was crazy.

"Crazy as a jay bird"

The expression used by the psychiatrist to describe the wife's mental state before ordering her to be taken away.

Institution

The facility where the wife was shut up after she was taken away cursing and screaming.

"Don't count your boobies until they are hatched"

The explicit moral provided at the end of the fable.