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zanies |
1 definition found 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[=o]kh[=a]n[=a]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.
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