zany
za·ny
zany · zanies · zanied · zanying
To mimic foolishlyTo mimic foolishly.
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/ˈzeɪni/
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)To mimic foolishly.
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
zanies, zanying, zanied, zaniedTenses
zany · zanied · will zany · have zaniedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.