ZANY

zany. Zany, a. a buffoon, a sily or noisy fellow

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Za″ny (?), n.; pl. Zanies (#). [[It. zanni a buffoon, merry-andrew, orig. same as Giovanni John, i.e., merry John, L. Ioannes, Gr. �, Heb. Yōkhānān, 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.