Meaning of CORNY
| Pronunciation: | | 'kornee
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| | Definition: | | [adj] dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons" |
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| | Synonyms: | | bromidic, platitudinal, platitudinous, unoriginal |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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