单词 | zaniness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈzaniness ˈzaniness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > one who or that which is comical > quality or condition of comicalness?1691 comicality1718 vis comica1757 drollness1823 funniness1836 farcicality1849 funniosity1920 zaniness1960 1960 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 6 Feb. 13/2 Ginsberg, for all his carefully cultivated (and natural) zaniness, is a writer far above Kerouac. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 May 602/2 His wider appeal owes much more to his modern zaniness and irreverence. 1980 L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 111/1 Many of these forays into zaniness actually wind up involving mayhem or destruction of property. 1985 Listener 21 Mar. 28/3 How could anything with Jerry Lewis not fall into a comic range somewhere between surrealistic zaniness and childish destructiveness? < as lemmas |
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