Corny Definition

kôrnē

cornier, corniest

adjective

cornier, corniest

Of or producing corn.

Webster's New World

Unsophisticated, old-fashioned, trite, sentimental, etc.

Webster's New World

Having or relating to corns on the feet.

Webster's New World

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

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Other Word Forms of Corny

Base Form:

corny

Comparative:

cornier

Superlative:

corniest

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

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Latin cornu (“horn”).

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From corn

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition