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Traditional English :: zaniness
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zaniness - adj. & n. --adj. (zanier, zaniest) comically idiotic; crazily ridiculous. --n. 1 a buffoon or jester.
2 hist. an attendant clown awkwardly mimicking a chief clown in shows; a merry andrew. zanily adv. zaniness n. [F zani or It. zan(n)i, Venetian form of Gianni, Giovanni John] |
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