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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)
- Boring and unoriginal.
- Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.
- (obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World
- The corny ear.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World
- Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
- A draughte of moyste and corny ale.
- (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)
- (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
- (rare) fleshy, swollen
- (rare) malty; tasting of malt.
- (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.
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scorny
English
Etymology
From scorn +? -y.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(?)ni
Adjective
scorny (comparative more scorny, superlative most scorny)
- (obsolete) Expressing scorn; scornful, contemptuous.
- 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 12:
- [H]er teeth were small, bespeaking a selfish disposition: indeed the whole of her features were what her husband would sometimes call scorney, particularly in their latter days during their little fracas […] .
- 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 12:
Anagrams
- Conrys, Synroc, croyns
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