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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
zany
adj 1: ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not
going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky
plan for selling more books" [syn: cockamamie,
cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky,
whacky, zany]
2: like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany
sense of humor" [syn: buffoonish, clownish, clownlike,
zany]
n 1: a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for
ludicrous effect
2: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: fathead,
goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo,
twat, zany]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
zany \za"ny\ (z[=a]"n[-e]), adj.
Comical in a clownish or buffoonish manner; whimsically
comical.
[PJC]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Zany \Za"ny\, n.; pl. Zanies. [It. zanni a buffoon,
merry-andrew, orig. same as Giovanni John, i. e., merry John,
L. Ioannes, Gr. ?, Heb. Y[=o]kh[=a]n[=a]n, prop., the Lord
graciously gave: cf. F. zani, fr. the Italian. Cf.
Jenneting.]
A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
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Then write that I may follow, and so be
Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy zany. --Donne.
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Preacher at once, and zany of thy age. --Pope.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Zany \Za"ny\, v. t.
To mimic. [Obs.]
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Your part is acted; give me leave at distance
To zany it. --Massinger.
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5. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) |
ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with
ludicrous incompetence the _buffone_, or clown, and was therefore the
ape of an ape; for the clown himself imitated the serious characters
of the play. The zany was progenitor to the specialist in humor, as
we to-day have the unhappiness to know him. In the zany we see an
example of creation; in the humorist, of transmission. Another
excellent specimen of the modern zany is the curate, who apes the
rector, who apes the bishop, who apes the archbishop, who apes the
devil.
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Thesaurus Results for zany:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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