Corny \Cor"ny\ (k?r"n?), a. [L. cornu horn.]
Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
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Up stood the cornu reed. --Milton.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Corny \Corn"y\, a.
1. Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
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"The corny ear." --Prior.
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2. Containing corn; tasting well of malt. [R.]
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A draught of moist and corny ale. --Chaucer.
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3. Tipsy. [Vulgar, Eng.]
--Forby.
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4. overly or simplistically sentimental. [informal]
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5. trite or tiresome; too weak to be effective; -- said of
unsubtle attempts at humor; as, a corny joke; a corny
skit. [informal]
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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34 Moby Thesaurus words for "corny":
back-number, banal, bewhiskered, bromidic, cliched, common,
commonplace, cut-and-dried, fade, familiar, fusty, hackney,
hackneyed, moth-eaten, musty, old hat, platitudinous, set,
shopworn, square, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn,
tired, trite, truistic, unoriginal, warmed-over, well-known,
well-worn, worn, worn thin
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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