cornfloury

English

Etymology

From cornflour +‎ -y.

Adjective

cornfloury (comparative more cornfloury, superlative most cornfloury)

1. With cornflour.

   Synonym: cornfloured

   • 1969, Georgina Horley, Good Food on a Budget, London: The Cookery Book Club, published 1970, page 466:

     They contain tiny amounts of unrecognizable stewed-to-a-rag meat in a sea of pasta and cornfloury gravy, heavily charged with onion essence and monosodium glutamate, that bringer-out of flavour that figures in so many convenience foods.

   • 2012, Andy Bates, Modern Twists on Classic Dishes, Bedlinog: Accent Press Ltd, →ISBN, page 50:

     Rough-ground cornfloury polenta binds the patties together.

   • 2013, Tamasin Day-Lewis, “Tea at Fortnum’s Fountain”, in Smart Tart: Observations from My Cooking Life, London: Unbound, →ISBN, page 13:

     Things like the pudding we christened ‘Purple Puke’ that we imagined grew under the school quad and Manchester tart, which was a heinous concoction of grey margarined pastry, turnip jam, cornfloury custard and a dusting of toenails on top, the hideous, desiccated coconut flakes that stuck in teeth and craw.