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Dressed vs Corny - What's the difference?

dressed | corny |

As a verb dressed

is (dress).

As an adjective corny is

insipid or trite or corny can be (obsolete) strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.

dressed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dress)
  • * 1883:
    • ...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed .
  • (New Orleans) Having a sandwich prepared with several fixings, typically lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.

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    corny

    English

    Etymology 1

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

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Insipid or trite.
    • The duct tape and wire were a pretty corny solution.
  • 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!
  • (obsolete) Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
  • * Prior
    • The corny ear.
  • Containing corn; tasting well of malt.
  • * Chaucer
    • A draught of moist and corny ale.
  • (obsolete, UK, slang) tipsy; drunk
    • (Forby)
    Synonyms
    * (hackneyed or excessively sentimental) kitsch, kitschy, cheesy

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
  • * Milton
    • Up stood the corny reed.

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