About The Word Corny
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Corny
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What's The Definition Of Corny?
[adj] dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Corny: bromidic | platitudinal | platitudinous | unoriginal Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | Corny In Webster's Dictionary \Cor"ny\ (k?r"n?), a. [L. cornu horn.]
Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
Up stood the cornu reed. --Milton.
\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. |
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