corniness colloq.
(ˈkɔːnɪnɪs)
[f. corny a.1 1 c + -ness.]
The condition or quality of being ‘corny’ (see corny a.1 1 c).
| 1932 Melody Maker Feb. 155/3 It is not on any grounds of technique, taste or ‘corniness’ that I make this criticism. 1934 Ibid. 19 May 9/3 The jazzy, double-stopping style is, to my mind, the last word in corniness. 1941 Time (Air Exp. Ed.) 19 May 27/3 Corny as a back-country bumpkin, Oakie has turned his corniness into a salable commodity. |