Saturday, July 30, 2011

Today's Word "zany"

Amusingly strange

zany \ZAY-nee\ (adjective) - Amusingly strange, comical, or clownish.

"The annual variety show, designed for children in kindergarten through the sixth grade, is full of zany illusions, silly jokes, and features plenty of audience participation."

From French zani, from Italian zanni, a nickname for Giovanni.

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