Talk:corny
WTF kinde of definition be this? corne and malte are notte the sayme. --Daleusher (talk) 14:49, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
- Malt is "malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise". Usually barley but might be corn? Equinox ◑ 14:52, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
- also: "corn catalogue jokes"? really? – Jberkel 15:24, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
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- Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Doctour of Physyckes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- A draughte of moyste and corny ale.
Removed / moved to Middle English by Astova. J3133 (talk) 21:06, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- OED puts a "?" next to definition of this sense, presumably reflecting uncertainty as to Chaucer's intended meaning. There is one use of "cornie aile" from the 1500s and a mention in a 19th-century East Anglia dialect dictionary. This, that and the other (talk) 07:56, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- I looked for this in EEBO but didn't find anything for this sense. This, that and the other (talk) 11:29, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
RFV-failed This, that and the other (talk) 02:53, 20 March 2022 (UTC)