different between cornly vs corny

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??ni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??ni/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ni

Etymology 1

From Middle English corny, equivalent to corn +? -y. 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)

1. Boring and unoriginal.

2. Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.

3. (obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
   • 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World

     The corny ear.

4. Containing corn; tasting well of malt.

   • A draughte of moyste and corny ale.

5. (obsolete, Britain, slang) tipsy; drunk

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Forby to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (hackneyed or excessively sentimental): kitsch, kitschy, cheesy, tacky, campy, schlocky, schmaltzy
• (drunk): drunkish, squiffy; see Thesaurus:drunk

Translations

Etymology 2

Latin cornu (“horn”).

Adjective

corny (comparative more corny, superlative most corny)

1. (obsolete) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.

Anagrams

• Conry, crony, croyn, cry on

Middle English

Etymology

From corn +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?rni?/, /?k??rni?/

Adjective

corny

1. (rare) fleshy, swollen
2. (rare) malty; tasting of malt.
3. (rare) Resembling a grain.

Descendants

• English: corny
• Scots: cornie (obsolete, rare)
• >? Yola: cornee

References

• “c??rn?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-08.