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corny | icecream |

As an adjective corny

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

As a noun icecream is

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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.

    Anagrams

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    icecream

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)