Zany means comically odd and unpredictable. A zany sense of humour, zany antics, zany and inventive.
It is affectionate and slightly dated, and it belongs to comedy that is silly rather than sharp. The word comes from Zanni, the servant character of the Italian commedia dell'arte who mimicked his master.
1adjectivezanyComically odd and unpredictable.
“The film is full of zany characters, including a talking cat and a flying grandmother.”
zany is a quality.
From Italian zanni, the servant character of the commedia dell'arte, a form of the name Giovanni.
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