cornyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈkɔːni/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrni/

Etymology: < corn n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

1. Of or pertaining to corn.

a. when growing or cut.

ΚΠ

1595 G. Markham Most Honorable Trag. Sir R. Grinuile ii The earth..Boasting his cornie mantle stird with aire.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxiv. 94 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 99 The summers corny crowne.

1625 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Noe in tr. Part of Du Bartas 14 (T.) [The rain] downward gan to rave, And drown'd the corny ranks.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 321 Up stood the cornie Reed Embattell'd in her field.

1805 Poet. Reg. 179 Yon turkies perching on the corny pile.

b. as grain or meal.

ΚΠ

1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 166 [They] wheaten cakes Along the grass place underneath the feast..And with wild fruits the corny board enrich.

1881 Times 13 May 4/1 The corny fragrance of meal and flour.

c. colloquial. Of such a type as appeals to country-folk; rustic or unsophisticated; tiresomely or ridiculously old-fashioned or sentimental; hackneyed, trite; inferior. Cf. corn n.¹ 3c, corniness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > homely or rustic

homelya1387

uplandisha1387

hamald?a1400

rustical1483

agrestc1550

fustianc1550

homespun1590

russet1598

agrestic1617

raplocha1628

Adamitic1656

russet-coated1683

rustic1738

turnipy1792

countrified1875

corny1932

bakya1960

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > feebly sentimental

snivelling1673

namby-pamby1733

namby-pambical1761

treacly1800

namby-pambyish1825

keepsaky1871

soapy1889

keepsake1898

lipsticky1931

corny1932

gloppy1976

1932 Melody Maker June 511/1 The ‘bounce’ of the brass section..has degenerated into a definitely ‘corny’ and staccato style of playing.

1935 Peabody (Mass.) Bull. Dec. 42/2 Corny—Derived from cornfed, meaning [music] played in country style, out of date, hill-billy, or in a style of pre-1925.

1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning ii. 31 She..began to play a melody which..had been popular in the early post-war days... ‘Corny old stuff,’ said Mercer.

1937 L. Feather in Radio Times 2 Apr. 10/3 Corn, old-fashioned style; out-of-date idiom and technique in jazz. Hence corny or cornfed applied to musicians and their style.

1944 ‘C. Brahms’ & ‘S. J. Simon’ Titania has Mother iii. 26 He wondered what corny gag old Abey had thought up this time.

1946 M. Sandoz in Amer. Speech 21 234/1 The seed catalog [from c 1890 to 1910]..featured a great variety of seed corn..interspersed with short jokes and riddles, sometimes even cartoons. The jokes were all time-worn and over-obvious and were called corn catalog jokes or corn jokes, and any quip or joke of that nature was called corny.

1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 43 Grown insolent and fat On cheesy literature And corny dramas.

1957 Listener 20 June 993/2 The Walker Art Gallery houses some of the corniest Victorian and Edwardian masterpieces.

1958 E. H. Clements Uncommon Cold ii. 44 My affections are, to use a corny phrase, ‘otherwise engaged’.

†2. Of ale: ? Tasting strong of the corn or malt. Obsolete or dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [adjective] > qualities

cornyc1386

foggy1619

well-wrought1626

slape1671

notty1725

of the first strike1819

yeast-bitten1829

beaded1884

c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Preamble 29 A draughte of moyste and corny ale.

c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 128 Now haue I dronke a draughte of corny ale.

15.. Christmas Carols (Percy Soc.) 47 A draught Of cornie aile, Nappy and staile.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Corny, tasting well of malt. ‘The ale is corny’.

a. Producing corn; abounding in (growing) corn.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > of cereal plants

corny1580

cornish1649

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > of cereal plants > having or producing cereal plants

corny1580

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Pais de blairie, a corney country.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) The last was a corny year.

1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. iv. 540 Seize Saxony..and in that rich corny Country, form Magazines.

b. Abounding in grains of corn.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > with or without corn

corny1687

grainless1882

cornless1883

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 126 By their high Crops, and Corny Gizzards known.

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 403 The ant..bringing home the corny ear.

1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 250 A cloud of pigeons often descends among the corny chaff.

4. Intoxicated, tipsy; = corned adj.¹ dialect.

ΚΠ

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Corny, tipsey.

1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 25 Yen day when aw was corney.

Compounds

corny-faced adj. see quot. 1699.

ΚΠ

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Corny-fac'd, a very Red or Blue pimpled Phiz.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	corny
释义	cornyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈkɔːni/, U.S. /ˈkɔrni/ Etymology: < corn n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. Of or pertaining to corn. a. when growing or cut. ΚΠ 1595 G. Markham Most Honorable Trag. Sir R. Grinuile ii The earth..Boasting his cornie mantle stird with aire. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxiv. 94 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 99 The summers corny crowne. 1625 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Noe in tr. Part of Du Bartas 14 (T.) [The rain] downward gan to rave, And drown'd the corny ranks. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 321 Up stood the cornie Reed Embattell'd in her field. View more context for this quotation 1805 Poet. Reg. 179 Yon turkies perching on the corny pile. b. as grain or meal. ΚΠ 1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 166 [They] wheaten cakes Along the grass place underneath the feast..And with wild fruits the corny board enrich. 1881 Times 13 May 4/1 The corny fragrance of meal and flour. c. colloquial. Of such a type as appeals to country-folk; rustic or unsophisticated; tiresomely or ridiculously old-fashioned or sentimental; hackneyed, trite; inferior. Cf. corn n.¹ 3c, corniness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > homely or rustic homelya1387 uplandisha1387 hamald?a1400 rustical1483 agrestc1550 fustianc1550 homespun1590 russet1598 agrestic1617 raplocha1628 Adamitic1656 russet-coated1683 rustic1738 turnipy1792 countrified1875 corny1932 bakya1960 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > feebly sentimental snivelling1673 namby-pamby1733 namby-pambical1761 treacly1800 namby-pambyish1825 keepsaky1871 soapy1889 keepsake1898 lipsticky1931 corny1932 gloppy1976 1932 Melody Maker June 511/1 The ‘bounce’ of the brass section..has degenerated into a definitely ‘corny’ and staccato style of playing. 1935 Peabody (Mass.) Bull. Dec. 42/2 Corny—Derived from cornfed, meaning [music] played in country style, out of date, hill-billy, or in a style of pre-1925. 1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning ii. 31 She..began to play a melody which..had been popular in the early post-war days... ‘Corny old stuff,’ said Mercer. 1937 L. Feather in Radio Times 2 Apr. 10/3 Corn, old-fashioned style; out-of-date idiom and technique in jazz. Hence corny or cornfed applied to musicians and their style. 1944 ‘C. Brahms’ & ‘S. J. Simon’ Titania has Mother iii. 26 He wondered what corny gag old Abey had thought up this time. 1946 M. Sandoz in Amer. Speech 21 234/1 The seed catalog [from c 1890 to 1910]..featured a great variety of seed corn..interspersed with short jokes and riddles, sometimes even cartoons. The jokes were all time-worn and over-obvious and were called corn catalog jokes or corn jokes, and any quip or joke of that nature was called corny. 1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 43 Grown insolent and fat On cheesy literature And corny dramas. 1957 Listener 20 June 993/2 The Walker Art Gallery houses some of the corniest Victorian and Edwardian masterpieces. 1958 E. H. Clements Uncommon Cold ii. 44 My affections are, to use a corny phrase, ‘otherwise engaged’. †2. Of ale: ? Tasting strong of the corn or malt. Obsolete or dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [adjective] > qualities cornyc1386 foggy1619 well-wrought1626 slape1671 notty1725 of the first strike1819 yeast-bitten1829 beaded1884 c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Preamble 29 A draughte of moyste and corny ale. c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 128 Now haue I dronke a draughte of corny ale. 15.. Christmas Carols (Percy Soc.) 47 A draught Of cornie aile, Nappy and staile. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Corny, tasting well of malt. ‘The ale is corny’. 3. a. Producing corn; abounding in (growing) corn. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > of cereal plants corny1580 cornish1649 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > of cereal plants > having or producing cereal plants corny1580 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Pais de blairie, a corney country. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) The last was a corny year. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvii. iv. 540 Seize Saxony..and in that rich corny Country, form Magazines. b. Abounding in grains of corn. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > with or without corn corny1687 grainless1882 cornless1883 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 126 By their high Crops, and Corny Gizzards known. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 403 The ant..bringing home the corny ear. 1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 250 A cloud of pigeons often descends among the corny chaff. 4. Intoxicated, tipsy; = corned adj.¹ dialect. ΚΠ a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Corny, tipsey. 1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 25 Yen day when aw was corney. Compounds corny-faced adj. see quot. 1699. ΚΠ 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Corny-fac'd, a very Red or Blue pimpled Phiz. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † cornyadj.² Etymology: < French corne or Latin cornu horn + -y suffix¹: compare Latin corneus horny. Obsolete. rare. Hard as horn, horny. First quot. is doubtful. ΚΠ ?15.. Pathway to Health f. 53 Also Ipocras saith, that a woman being conceived with a man-child is ruddy, and her right side is corny about, but if she bee conceived with a maid child, she is blacke, and her left pap is corny about. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Corny..strong or hard like horn; horny. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). cornyadj.³ Brit. /ˈkɔːni/, U.S. /ˈkɔrni/ Etymology: < corn n.² + -y suffix¹. Having corns on the feet; pertaining to corns. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [adjective] > hardening or thickening > afflicted with > having corns corned1560 corny1705 1705 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. iii. 4 I had not long in open Street, Been punishing my Corny Feet. 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. vi. 22 The Crasy, Gouty, and the Corny. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 567 Offending the corny sensibilities of their friends. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹c1386adj.²?15..adj.³1705
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Compounds

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