corny

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːni/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹni/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ni === Etymology 1 === From Middle English corny, equivalent to corn (“a type of cereal or grain”) +‎ -y. Piecewise doublet of grainy. 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. Synonyms: humdrum, tedious, uninteresting; see also Thesaurus:boring Hackneyed or excessively sentimental. Synonyms: banal, clichéd; kitschy, tacky; cheesy, schmaltzy; see also Thesaurus:hackneyed, Thesaurus:gaudy, Thesaurus:mawkish (African-American Vernacular, slang) Uncool, stupid, lame. Synonyms: lousy, peak, wack, cringe, cheugy; see also Thesaurus:bad For more quotations using this term, see Citations:corny. (rare) Containing corn. (obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn. (obsolete, UK, slang) Tipsy; drunk. Synonyms: drunkish, squiffy; see also Thesaurus:drunk (euphemistic) Horny (sexually aroused; experiencing sexual desire). Synonyms: amorous, randy, turned on; see also Thesaurus:sexually aroused ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From corn (“a type of callus”) + -y. Piecewise doublet of horny. ==== Adjective ==== corny (comparative more corny, superlative most corny) Having or pertaining to corns (a type of callus). === Etymology 3 === From Middle French corne + English -y, or from Latin cornu + English -y. ==== Adjective ==== corny (comparative more corny, superlative most corny) (obsolete) Horny; strong, stiff or hard like horn; resembling horn. === References === === Further reading === “corny adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. === Anagrams === Conry, crony, croyn, cry on == Middle English == === Etymology === From corn +‎ -y. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔrniː/, /ˈkoːrniː/ === Adjective === corny (rare) fleshy, swollen (rare) containing corn; tasting of malt, tasting well of malt, malty (rare) resembling a grain ==== Descendants ==== English: corny Scots: cornie (obsolete, rare) Yola: cornee, kurnee ==== References ==== “cō̆rnī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 July 2018. == Polish == === Pronunciation === (Masovia): (Łowicz) IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɔr.nɘ] (Lesser Poland): (Goral): (Zagórze) IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɔr.nɘ] === Adjective === corny (Łowicz, Zagórze) alternative form of czarny === Further reading === Halina Świderska (1929), “corny”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 93 Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “czarny”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎[4] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 23