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adjective

Corny adj.

Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn. (R.) "The corny ear."

Containing corn; tasting well of malt. (R.) "A draught of moist and corny ale."

Tipsy. (Vulgar, Eng.)

Overly or simplistically sentimental. (informal)

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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Etymology of 'Corny'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Corny" Quotes from Famous Books

... cherish and educate. My little brother monopolised the name of Evans, and living for some time after I was christened, I got the Dutch appellation of my maternal grandfather, for my share of the family nomenclature, which happened to be Cornelius—Corny was consequently the diminutive by which I was known to all the whites of my acquaintance, for the first sixteen or eighteen years of my life, and to my parents as long as they lived. Corny Littlepage is not a bad name, in itself, and I trust they who do me the favour to read this manuscript, ...

— Satanstoe • James Fenimore Cooper

Words linked to "Corny" : platitudinous, corn