Dictionary Workbench Ondict

zany

Dictionary entry view. Switch to definition mode above when you know the meaning but not the word.

zany

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++za·ny /ˈzeɪni/ adjective (comparative zanier, superlative zaniest)  CRAZYcrazy or unusual in a way that is amusing 古怪滑稽的 zany comedian Vic Reeves 搞怪喜剧演员维克·里夫斯
Examples from the Corpus
zanyDoes this all sound a bit, uh, zany?Odd, of course, a bit zany, but the odder the book the better it tends to do nowadays.They are furious that some people thought they were just some zany fashion experience, a house group, Seventies revivalists.Parents can change this by really listening to the sometimes zany, idiosyncratic ideas our children have about books.Anyway, one teacher's idea of a brilliantly zany lesson might be another teacher's idea of a classroom nightmare.a zany new TV comedyIt seems hardly a week goes by anymore without yet another report of zany results of affirmative action in action.
Origin zany (1500-1600) Italian zanni type of clown, from Giovanni John
za·ny adjectiveChineseSyllable
crazy is amusing or Corpus a way unusual in that


zany
zany /ˈzeɪni/ adjective (comparative zanier, superlative zaniest)
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Italian
 Origin: zanni type of clown, from Giovanni 'John'
crazy or unusual in a way that is amusing:
    zany comedian Vic Reeves


zanyBrE /ˈzeɪni/ 🔊NAmE /ˈzeɪni/ 🔊 adjective (zani·er, zani·est) (informal) strange or unusual in an amusing way 古怪的;滑稽可笑的 SYN wacky zany humour古怪的幽默