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#91
12-31-2008, 10:45 AM
Here's the final Word 'O' the Day for 2008. Anybody interested in a new Word 'O' the Day thread for 2009?
zany
\ZAY-nee\
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Meaning
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1 : a subordinate clown or acrobat in old comedies who mimics ludicrously the tricks of the principal
2 : one who acts the buffoon to amuse others
*3 : a foolish, eccentric, or crazy person
Example Sentence
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The FTE So Cal Chapter Members were an unpredictable bunch of zanies! Brady is the most zany of them all!<!-- Advertising Text Box (for Encycl. Britannica) BEGINS --><!-- Advertising Text Box (for Encycl. Britannica) ENDS -->
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Zanies have been theatrical buffoons since the heyday of the Italian commedia dell’arte, which introduced those knavish clowns. The Italian "zanni" was a stock servant character, often an intelligent and proud valet with abundant common sense, a love of practical jokes, and a tendency to be quarrelsome, cowardly, envious, vindictive, and treacherous. Zanni, the Italian name for the character, comes from a dialect nickname for Giovanni, the Italian form of John. The character quickly spread throughout European theater circles, inspiring such familiar characters as Pierrot and Harlequin, and by the late 1500s an anglicized version of the noun “zany” was introduced to English-speaking audiences by no less a playwright than William Shakespeare (in Love’s Labour’s Lost).
zany
\ZAY-nee\
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
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Meaning
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>1 : a subordinate clown or acrobat in old comedies who mimics ludicrously the tricks of the principal
2 : one who acts the buffoon to amuse others
*3 : a foolish, eccentric, or crazy person
Example Sentence
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The FTE So Cal Chapter Members were an unpredictable bunch of zanies! Brady is the most zany of them all!<!-- Advertising Text Box (for Encycl. Britannica) BEGINS --><!-- Advertising Text Box (for Encycl. Britannica) ENDS -->
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Zanies have been theatrical buffoons since the heyday of the Italian commedia dell’arte, which introduced those knavish clowns. The Italian "zanni" was a stock servant character, often an intelligent and proud valet with abundant common sense, a love of practical jokes, and a tendency to be quarrelsome, cowardly, envious, vindictive, and treacherous. Zanni, the Italian name for the character, comes from a dialect nickname for Giovanni, the Italian form of John. The character quickly spread throughout European theater circles, inspiring such familiar characters as Pierrot and Harlequin, and by the late 1500s an anglicized version of the noun “zany” was introduced to English-speaking audiences by no less a playwright than William Shakespeare (in Love’s Labour’s Lost).
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12-31-2008, 10:47 AM
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