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   Za·ny

   /ˈzānē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic: "zany humor"

   noun

   • 1. an erratic or eccentric person.
   • ▪ a comic performer partnering a clown, whom he imitated in an amusing way.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French zani or Italian zan(n)i, Venetian form of Gianni, Giovanni ‘John’, stock name of the servants acting as clowns in the commedia dell'arte.

   Derivatives

   • 1. zanily adverb
   • 2. zaniness noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • Z

     10

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • Y

     4

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