Thesaurus: corny
Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
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Definitions
- a. Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
- a. Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
- a. Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
- a. Tipsy.
- adj. dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
- Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn. Up stood the cornu reed. Milton. 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.
- Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.Up stood the cornu reed. Milton.
- j:100 s dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality