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  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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