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English Dictionary: Corny by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corny
adj
  1. dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons"
    Synonym(s): bromidic, corny, platitudinal, platitudinous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Corny \Corn"y\, a.
      1. Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
            [R.] [bd]The corny ear.[b8] --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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