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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