Zany
['zeɪnɪ] or ['zeni]
Definition
(noun.) a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect.
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Definition
(n.) A merry-andrew; a buffoon.
(v. t.) To mimic.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Buffoon, clown, mountebank, jester, droll, merry-Andrew, harlequin, punch, punchinello, scaramouch, fool, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.
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Definition
n. a merry-andrew: a buffoon.—v.t. to play the zany to.—n. Zā′nyism condition or habits of a buffoon.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
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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