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zany Definition


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zany
adj
    zanier, zaniest
    1. Amusingly crazy.
      Thesaurus: wacky, madcap, humorous, comical, funny, crazy, loony, odd, goofy; Antonym: serious.
Derivative: zanily
adverb
    Derivative: zaniness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c, meaning ‘a clown's stooge': from Zanni, a N Italian dialect form of Gianni or Giovanni John, name of a servant who plays the clown in commedia dell'arte.



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