corny
See also: čorny
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ni
Etymology 1
From Middle English corny, from corn + -y; in the "hackneyed" sense, from "corn catalogue jokes", reputedly low-quality jokes that were formerly printed in mail-order seed catalogues.
Adjective
corny (comparative cornier, superlative corniest)
- Boring and unoriginal.
- The duct tape and wire were a pretty corny solution.
- Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.
- The movie was okay, but the love scene was really corny.
- He sent a bouquet of twelve red roses and a card: "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, And so are you." How corny is that!
- (obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
- (Can we date this quote by Prior and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The corny ear.
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- Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
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- A draught of moist and corny ale.
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- (obsolete, UK, slang) tipsy; drunk
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Forby to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (hackneyed or excessively sentimental): kitsch, kitschy, cheesy, tacky, campy, schlocky, schmaltzy
- (drunk): drunkish, squiffy; see Thesaurus:drunk
Translations
insipid or trite
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excessively sentimental
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Etymology 2
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cornu (“horn”).
Adjective
corny (comparative more corny, superlative most corny)
- (obsolete) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
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- Up stood the corny reed.
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Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
corny
Descendants
References
- “cō̆rnī (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-08.
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