'Corny' definitions:

Definition of 'corny'

From: WordNet
adjective
Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons" [syn: bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous]

Definition of 'Corny'

From: GCIDE
  • Corny \Cor"ny\ (k?r"n?), a. [L. cornu horn.] Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn. [1913 Webster]
  • Up stood the cornu reed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Corny'

From: GCIDE
  • Corny \Corn"y\, a.
  • 1. Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn. [R.] "The corny ear." --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Containing corn; tasting well of malt. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • A draught of moist and corny ale. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Tipsy. [Vulgar, Eng.] --Forby. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. overly or simplistically sentimental. [informal] [PJC]
  • 5. trite or tiresome; too weak to be effective; -- said of unsubtle attempts at humor; as, a corny joke; a corny skit. [informal] [PJC]

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