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corn

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noun (1)

often attributive
1
chiefly dialectal : a small hard particle : grain
2
: a small hard seed
usually used in combination
peppercornbarleycorn
3
British : the grain of a cereal grass that is the primary crop of a region (such as wheat in Britain and oats in Scotland and Ireland)
also : a plant that produces corn
4
a
: a tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) originally domesticated in Mexico and widely grown for its large elongated ears of starchy seeds

called also Indian corn, maize

b
: the typically yellow or whitish seeds of corn used especially as food for humans and livestock
c
: an ear of corn with or without its leafy outer covering
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6
a
: something (such as writing, music, or acting) that is corny
b
: the quality or state of being corny : corniness
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corn

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verb

corned; corning; corns

transitive verb

1
: to form into grains : granulate
2
a
: to preserve or season with salt in grains
b
: to cure or preserve in brine containing preservatives and often seasonings
corned beef
3
: to feed with corn

corn

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noun (2)

: a local hardening and thickening of epidermis (as on a toe)

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, going back to Old English, "grain of a cereal grass, seed, berry," going back to Germanic *kurno- (whence also Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German & Old Norse korn "grain of a cereal grass, seed," Gothic kaurn), going back to European Indo-European *ǵr̥H-no-, whence also Latin grānum "seed, especially of a cereal grass," Old Irish grán, Welsh grawn, Old Church Slavic zrĭno "grain, seed," Serbian & Croatian zȑno, Russian zernó, Lithuanian žìrnis "pea"

Note: The noun *ǵr̥H-no is sometimes taken to be a zero-grade derivative of Indo-European *ǵerh2- "become old, ripen" (see geriatric entry 1), but this has been disputed.

Verb

derivative of corn entry 1

Noun (2)

Middle English corne, probably borrowed from Medieval Latin cornū "horn, horny excrescence," going back to Latin, "horn" — more at horn

Note: Late Old English corn in this sense, attested in the medical text Lacnunga, a collection of remedies, charms and prayers, may be from Latin or an extended sense of Old English corn corn entry 1.

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of corn was before the 12th century

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