Adjacent Words

Corny definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORNY, a. [L., a horn.] Horny; strong, stiff or hard like horn; resembling horn.
CORNY, a. [from corn.] Producing corn; containing corn.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons" [syn: bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (cornier; -est) Date: 14th century 1. archaic tasting strongly of malt 2. of or relating to corn 3. mawkishly old-fashioned ; tiresomely simple and sentimental <told corny jokes> • cornily adverb • corniness noun II. adjective (cornier; -est) Date: 1689 relating to or having corns on the feet

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (cornier, corniest) 1 colloq. a trite. b feebly humorous. c sentimental. d old-fashioned; out of date. 2 of or abounding in corn. Derivatives: cornily adv. corniness n. Etymology: CORN(1) + -Y(1): sense 1 f. sense 'rustic'

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cornier, corniest) If you describe something as corny, you mean that it is obvious or sentimental and not at all original. I know it sounds corny, but I'm really not motivated by money. ADJ [disapproval]

Moby Thesaurus

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