Corneary Confusion

I've already explained this to my one and only confirmed reader, but perhaps in the future someone else will read my ramblings and wonder, "Ted, what in the world is a Corneary Celebration?" or perhaps it is, "Ted, what on earth is a Corneary Feast?"

But, of course, you know what delight means, and you know what feast means, so your true question is what does "corneary" mean?

The answer is that, technically, corneary does not mean anything. I thought it was a great word but apparently I am the first one to think up this wonder of literary invention, as a quick google search showed.

And so, without further ado, I now define a brand new word within the English language. This word received its debut in my last blog post, but now it must be, and it will be, defined.

Let us study the word "corneary". It has two main parts.

1. Cornea


2. ry

Well we know what a cornea is. It's a piece of transparent skin on your eye, or as davidorf.com tells us,

The outer, dome-shaped, transparent part of the eye that bulges out at the front of the eyeball and covers the iris and pupil. Its curvature causes light to bend. The cornea provides most of the eye’s focusing power.

Brilliant. I couldn't've said it better, which is why I quoted them!

Now we know what the first part of the word means, but what about "ry"? Well, ry makes a word in to an adjective! (Merry, Hairy, Weary, etc.) and so when we put the two together... we get...

Corneary - adj. - Of or relating to the cornea.

Brilliant.

Don't you feel smarter already?