zaniness
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zaniness — zany ► ADJECTIVE (zanier, zaniest) ▪ amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic. ► NOUN (pl. zanies) 1) a zany person. 2) historical a comic performer partnering a clown, whom he imitated in an amusing way. DERIVATIVES … English terms dictionary
zaniness — nēnə̇s, nin noun ( es) : the quality or state of being zany fleeting moments of impulsive zaniness Walter Terry … Useful english dictionary
zaniness — noun see zany II … New Collegiate Dictionary
zaniness — noun The state or condition of being zany. Syn: craziness … Wiktionary
zaniness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality of being laughable or comical: comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, farcicality, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, ludi crousness, ridiculousness, wit,… … English dictionary for students
zaniness — n. buffoonery, clownishness, foolishness … English contemporary dictionary
zaniness — n clownishness, zanyism, clowning, clownery; buffoonery, buffoonism, buffoonishness, harlequinade; joking, jesting, jocosity, jocoseness, waggishness, waggery, drollery; levity, frivolity, facetiousness; silliness, childishness, prankishness;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
zaniness — za·ni·ness … English syllables
zany — I. noun (plural zanies) Etymology: Italian zanni, a traditional masked clown, from Italian dialect Zanni, nickname for Italian Giovanni John Date: 1588 1. a subordinate clown or acrobat in old comedies who mimics ludicrously the tricks of the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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