zany
Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical mannerUnusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
» He always had a zany sense of humor.
У него всегда было странное чувство юмора.
Meaning
2 sensesUnusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
Ludicrously or incongruously comical.
verrückt, durchgeknallt
сумасше́дшийsumasšédšij, чумово́йčumovój, смешно́йsmešnój
- like a clown
- ludicrous, foolish
Examples
3 sentencesHe always had a zany sense of humor.
ruУ него всегда было странное чувство юмора.
The otherwise dark and serious comic is punctuated by pages of zany side stories.
A good Tatoeba contributor adopts orphaned sentences so the rest of us can focus on Christopher Columbus and his zany antics.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French zani, zanni, from Italian zanni (“a kind of masked clown character”), fFrom Middle French zani, zanni, from Italian zanni (“a kind of masked clown character”), from Zanni, a Venetian form of Giovanni. Doublet of Zanni, John, and Giovanni.
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Forms
zanier, zaniestSynonyms
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