corny

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹni/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ni

From Middle English corny, from corn +‎ -y; in the "hackneyed" sense, from "corn catalogue jokes", reputedly low-quality jokes that were formerly printed in mail-order seed catalogues.

corny (comparative cornier, superlative corniest)

1. Boring and unoriginal.

   The duct tape and wire were a pretty corny solution.

2. Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.

   The movie was okay, but the love scene was really corny.

   He sent a bouquet of twelve red roses and a card: "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, And so are you." How corny is that!

3. (obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
   • Prior

     The corny ear.

4. Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
   • Chaucer

     A draught of moist and corny ale.

5. (obsolete, Britain, slang) tipsy; drunk

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Forby to this entry?)

• (hackneyed or excessively sentimental): kitsch, kitschy, cheesy, tacky, campy, schlocky, schmaltzy
• (drunk): drunkish, squiffy; see Thesaurus:drunk

Latin cornu (“horn”).

corny (comparative more corny, superlative most corny)

1. (obsolete) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
   • Milton

     Up stood the corny reed.

• Conry, crony, croyn, cry on

From corn +‎ -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔrniː/, /ˈkɔːrniː/

corny

1. (rare) fleshy, swollen
2. (rare) malty; tasting of malt.
3. (rare) Resembling a grain.

• English: corny
• Scots: cornie (obsolete, rare)

• “cō̆rnī (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-08.