zany : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: zany	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for zany
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
zany adj ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" Synonym(s): cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor" Synonym(s): buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zany n a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect a man who is a stupid incompetent fool Synonym(s): fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zany \Za"ny\, v. t. To mimic. [Obs.] Your part is acted; give me leave at distance To zany it. --Massinger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Zany \Za"ny\, n.; pl. {Zanies}. [It. zanni a buffoon, merry-andrew, orig. same as Giovanni John, i. e., merry John, L. Ioannes, Gr. [?], Heb. Y[d3]kh[be]n[be]n, prop., the Lord graciously gave: cf. F. zani, fr. the Italian. Cf. {Jenneting}.] A merry-andrew; a buffoon. Then write that I may follow, and so be Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy zany. --Donne. Preacher at once, and zany of thy age. --Pope.