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語源 1

From 中期英語 corny, equivalent to corn (“a type of cereal or grain”) +‎ -y. Piecewise doublet of grainy. In the "hackneyed" sense, from "corn catalogue jokes", reputedly low-quality jokes that were formerly printed in mail-order seed catalogues.

形容詞

corny (comparative cornier, superlative corniest)

1. Boring and unoriginal.

   Synonyms: humdrum, tedious, uninteresting; see also Thesaurus:boring

   The duct tape and wire was a pretty corny solution.

   • 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 19:

     I mean if a boy's mother was sort of fat or corny-looking or something, and if somebody’s father was one of those guys that wear those suits with very big shoulders and corny black-and-white shoes, then old Haas would just shake hands with them and give them a phony smile and then he'd go talk, for maybe a half an hour, with somebody else's parents.

2. Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.

   Synonyms: banal, clichéd; kitschy, tacky; cheesy, schmaltzy; see also Thesaurus:hackneyed, Thesaurus:gaudy, Thesaurus:mawkish

   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, So are you." How corny is that?

3. (African-American Vernacular, slang) Uncool, stupid, lame.

   Synonyms: lousy, peak, wack, cringe, cheugy; see also Thesaurus:bad

   • 2010, Nikki Carter, Not A Good Look‎, page 221:

     Dreya shakes her head and rolls her eyes. "I'm going to bed. Y'all corny."

   • 2014, Niobia Bryant, Never Keeping Secrets‎, page 69:

     “You and your silly bitch better give me fifty feet before both y'all corny asses get slam dunked in that pool.”

   • 2016, Beyoncé, “Formation”, in Lemonade:

     Y'all haters corny with that Illuminati mess

   • 2018 March 21, Des Bieler, “'That's wack': LeBron James doesn't like idea of NBA postseason play-in tournament”, in Washington Post‎:

     "No, no, no," James said Wednesday (via ESPN). "That's wack. That's wack. Why? You got to earn your spot to be in the postseason. No consolation for finishing last. That's corny. That's corny. That's wack. To play for what? What are they playing for?"

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:corny.
4. (rare) Containing corn.
   • 2012, Marlene Koch, Eat More of What You Love, Running Press, →ISBN:

     Country Cornbread Muffins (page 290) / Marlene Says: The cool crunchy salad and slightly sweet corny muffins are perfect partners to the creamy, spicy black bean soup.

   • 2014, Nancy Vienneau, The Third Thursday Community Potluck Cookbook: Recipes and Stories to Celebrate the Bounty of the Moment, Nelson Books, Thomas Nelson, page 180:

     There are cornbread recipes, and there are cornbread recipes. This one absolutely sings. Based on her daddy’s, and then her sister’s, beloved skillet-made bread, Maggie’s own recipe developed over time. It’s more about method, she says, but using stone-ground cornmeal and whole buttermilk are just as important. And a hot, seasoned cast-iron skillet is a must. What emerges is a rich “corny” bread, an almost melting soft interior encased in a ridiculously toothsome crust.

   • 2015, Jennifer Robins, Down South Paleo: Delectable Southern Recipes Adapted for Gluten-Free, Paleo Eaters, Page Street Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 139:

     “CORNY” BREAD MUFFINS + HONEY BUTTER (GRAIN-, DAIRY-, SOY-, NIGHTSHADE-FREE) Well, making cornbread without corn is kinda tricky, but since corn is indeed a grain, “real” cornbread will not be found here.

   • 2016, Stephanie Clarke, Willow Jarosh, Healthy, Happy Pregnancy Cookbook, Atria Paperback, →ISBN, page 83:

     Fiesta Corny Muffins / Cornbread goes with everything: salad, soup, and chili.

   • 2019, George O. Wilson, Jr., Osborne Wilson’s Civil War Diaries, Christian Faith Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:

     Have beans, bacon, and cornbread for dinner. […] Have peas, bacon, and corny bread for dinner.

5. (obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
   • 1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     The corny ear.

6. (obsolete, UK, slang) Tipsy; drunk.

   Synonyms: drunkish, squiffy; see also Thesaurus:drunk

   • 1850, Joseph Philip Robson, France's Songs of the Bards of the Tyne:

     Yen day when aw was corney.

7. (euphemistic) Horny (sexually aroused; experiencing sexual desire).

   Synonyms: amorous, randy, turned on; see also Thesaurus:sexually aroused

派生語

語源 2

From corn (“a type of callus”) +‎ -y. Piecewise doublet of horny.

形容詞

corny (comparative more corny, superlative most corny)

1. Having or pertaining to corns (a type of callus).
   • 1705, Edward Ward, “Part the Third. Canto IV.”, in Hudibras Redivivus: or A Burlesque Poem on the Times. […], 3rd edition, London: […] George Sawbridge, […], published 1715, →OCLC, page 4:

     I had not long in open Street, / Been puniſhing my Corny Feet, […]

   • 1706, Edward Ward, “Part VI. Vol. II. Canto VI.”, in Hudibras Redivivus: or A Burlesque Poem on the Times. […], 3rd edition, London: […] George Sawbridge, […], published 1715, →OCLC, page 22:

     In this fine Order they proceeded, / The Grave, the Wiſe, the Bullet-headed, […] / The Craſy, Gouty, and the Corny, […]

   • 1821 June, Juvenalis, Junior [pseudonym], “Sketches of Scottish Character. No. VII. ‘Harvest Home.’”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume X, number LIII, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T[homas] Cadell and W[illiam] Davies, […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 325:

     E’en “Aunty Ann” her cleeky staff foregoes, / Forgets her asthma, and her corny toes; / Spreads out her petticoat, like peacock tail, / And up the dance begins to set her sail.

   • 1821 August, a Presbyterian Clergyman [pseudonym], “On Psalm-singing in Our Churches, with Some Observations upon the Proposed ‘Additional Psalmody’”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume X, number LIII, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T[homas] Cadell and W[illiam] Davies, […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 567, column 2:

     We must go boldly to work; we must run the risk of twisting the very soul of the guilty, as well as of offending the corny sensibilities of their friends and relatives, if we would wish to arrest the progress of this malady, and secure for ourselves and our children the healthy and invigorating exercise of our public ordinances of religion.

   • 1911, Rudyard Kipling, “The Horse Marines”, in A Diversity of Creatures, London: Macmillan and Co., […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 303:

     ‘It’s his corns,’ Pyecroft explained. ‘You can’t shine corny feet—and he hasn’t had his breakfast.’

   • 2006, Michael Buckley, chapter 9, in The Problem Child (The Sisters Grimm; 3), New York, N.Y.: Amulet Books, →ISBN, page 235:

     Sabrina was no longer in the witch’s grasp; in fact, she was staring directly at the woman’s crusty, corny feet. Fudge, I made her a giant, Sabrina thought to herself […]

語源 3

From Middle French corne or Latin cornu (“horn”) +‎ -y.

形容詞

corny (comparative more corny, superlative most corny)

1. (obsolete) Horny; strong, stiff or hard like horn; resembling horn.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Up stood the cornie Reed.

参照

Further reading

• “corny adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.

アナグラム

• Conry, crony, croyn, cry on

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɔrniː/, /ˈkoːrniː/

形容詞

corny

1. (rare) fleshy, swollen
2. (rare) containing corn; tasting of malt, tasting well of malt, malty
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Doctour of Physyckes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Or els a draught of moyste corny ale

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (rare) resembling a grain

派生した語

• English: corny
• Scots: cornie (obsolete, rare)
• Yola: cornee, kurnee

参照

• “cō̆rnī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 July 2018.