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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Corny \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. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: corny adj : dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality; "bromidic sermons" [syn: {bromidic}, {platitudinal}, {platitudinous}]
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