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Meaning of zany

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  zany
      adj 1: ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not
             going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky
             plan for selling more books" [syn: {cockamamie},
             {cockamamy}, {goofy}, {sappy}, {silly}, {wacky},
             {whacky}, {zany}]
      2: like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany
         sense of humor" [syn: {buffoonish}, {clownish}, {clownlike},
         {zany}]
      n 1: a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for
           ludicrous effect
      2: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: {fathead},
         {goof}, {goofball}, {bozo}, {jackass}, {goose}, {cuckoo},
         {twat}, {zany}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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