GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Corny (k?rˈn?), 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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   Corny, a.
   1. Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn. [R.] “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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