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Showing words for ZANINESS using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Zaniness

zaniness

7 Letter Words for Zaniness

enzians, sannies, siennas

6 Letter Words for Zaniness

anesis, anises, assize, azines, enzian, inanes, inness, insane, nisnas, nissan, sanies, sannie, sansei, sanzen, sasine, sennas, sienna, zanies

5 Letter Words for Zaniness

anise, annie, azine, ennia, ensis, inane, insea, nanes, nazes, nazis, nines, nisan, nisse, saine, sains, sanes, sansi, sasin, sazen, sazes, seans, senas, senna, sensa, senza, siena, siens, sines, sizes, snies, zeins, zeiss, zines

4 Letter Words for Zaniness

aine, ains, anes, anis, anne, anni, anns, ansi, asin, asse, assi, assn, eans, ezan, inne, inns, nain, nais, nane, nasi, naze, nazi, nein, ness, nies, nina, nine, sain, sais, sane, sans, sean, seas, seis, sena, sens, sian, sien, sina, sine, sins, sise, size, zain, zeas, zein, zine, zins

3 Letter Words for Zaniness

aes, ain, ais, ane, ann, ans, ase, ass, ean, eas, ens, ess, inn, ins, ise, isn, isz, nae, nas, nea, nei, nie, nis, nne, sai, san, saz, sea, sei, sen, sez, sie, sin, sis, sse, zas, zea, zen, zin

Definitions for Zaniness

[1] ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish.
[2] one who plays the clown or fool in order to amuse others.
[3] a comically wild or eccentric person.
[4] a secondary stock character in old comedies who mimicked his master.
[5] a professional buffoon; clown.
[6] a silly person; simpleton.
[7] a slavish attendant or follower.
[8] comical in an endearing way; imaginatively funny or comical, esp in behaviour
[9] a clown or buffoon, esp one in old comedies who imitated other performers with ludicrous effect
[10] a ludicrous or foolish person

Words related to Zaniness

zanymadness, silliness, absurdity, nonsense, insanity, idiocy, lunacy, nuttiness, jocularity, funniness, jocosity, wit, comedy, drollery, wittiness, senselessness, imbecility, tomfoolery, foolery, flakiness

Words nearby Zaniness

zanyzante, zanthoxylum, zanu, zanu pf, zanuck, zany, zanzibar, zanzibari, zap, zap out, zapata

Origin of Zaniness

y1560–70; (< Middle French ) < Italian zan(n)i (later zanno ) a servant character in the commedia dell’arte, perhaps orig. the character's name, the Upper Italian form of Tuscan Gianni, for Giovanni John

Other words from Zaniness

za·ni·ly , adverb
za·ni·ness , za·ny·ism , noun
za·ny·ish , adjective

Word origin for Zaniness

yC16: from Italian zanni, from dialect (Venice and Lombardy) Zanni, nickname for Giovanni John; one of the traditional names for a clown

Synonyms for Zaniness

comedy, drollery, funniness, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, nonsense, wit, wittiness, comicalness, farcicality