Meanings
cornless1
- not comparableWithout corn (the crop).
cornless2
- not comparableWithout corns (calluses on the feet).
Indeed, the "fashion" is a thing / That never cramped your cornless toes: / Your single jewel is a ring / Slung in your penetrated nose.
1877, Henry Kendall, “Ode to a Black Gin”, in The Australian Town and Country Journal, page 24
Origin
cornless · adjective
From corn (“crop”) + -less. Piecewise doublet of grainless.
Full word history & related roots →cornless · adjective
From corn (“callus”) + -less. Piecewise doublet of hornless.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
cornless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornless
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