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corny - 6 dictionary results

corn⋅y

1[kawr-nee]
–adjective, corn⋅i⋅er, corn⋅i⋅est.
1. of or abounding in corn.
2. Informal.
a. old-fashioned, trite, or lacking in subtlety: corny jokes.
b. mawkishly sentimental: a corny soap opera.

Origin:
1350–1400; 1930–35 for def. 2; ME; see corn 1 , -y 1


corn⋅i⋅ly, adverb
corn⋅i⋅ness, noun


2. hackneyed, banal, stale.

corn⋅y

2[kawr-nee]
–adjective, corn⋅i⋅er, corn⋅i⋅est.
pertaining to or affected with corns of the feet.

Origin:
1700–10; corn 2 + -y 1
corn·y   (kôr'nē)   
adj.   corn·i·er, corn·i·est
Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental.

[From corn1.]
corn'i·ly adv., corn'i·ness n.

Corny

Cor"ny\ (k?r"n?), a. [L. cornu horn.] Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.

Up stood the cornu reed. --Milton.

Corny

Corn"y\, a. 1. Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn. [R.] "The corny ear." --Prior.

2. Containing corn; tasting well of malt. [R.]

A draught of moist and corny ale. --Chaucer.

3. Tipsy. [Vulgar, Eng.] --Forby.
Language Translation for : corny
Spanish: aburrido, sin gracia, rancio,
German: abgedroschen,
Japanese: ありきたりの

Main Entry: corny
Pronunciation: 'kor-nE
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: corn·i·er; -est
: relating to or having cornson the feet
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