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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024za•ny /ˈzeɪni/USA pronunciation adj., -ni•er, -ni•est. - very silly;
absurdly comical:a zany comedian.
za•ni•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024za•ny (zā′nē),USA pronunciation adj., -ni•er, -ni•est, n., pl. -nies. adj. - ludicrously or whimsically comical;
clownish.
n. - one who plays the clown or fool in order to amuse others.
- a comically wild or eccentric person.
- a secondary stock character in old comedies who mimicked his master.
- a professional buffoon;
clown. - a silly person;
simpleton. - a slavish attendant or follower.
- Italian zan(n)i (later zanno) a servant character in the commedia dell'arte, perh. origin, originally the character's name, the Upper Italian form of Tuscan Gianni, for Giovanni John
- Middle French)
- (1560–70
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged kook, crazy, lunatic.
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