Dreye權威釋義

n.

小丑
笨人
馬屁精

a.

小丑的
荒唐可笑的；稀奇古怪的

衍生

ad.

zanily

n.

zaniness

n.

zanism

辨析

同義:

a.滑稽的；古怪的；愚蠢的

foolish clownish ridiculous eccentric comical silly crazy

同義參見:

comic

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

adj.

(zanier, zaniest)

amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic.

n.

a zany person.
historical a comic performer partnering a clown, whom he imitated in an amusing way.

Derivative

zanily adv.
zaniness n.

Etymology

C16: from Fr. zani or Ital. zan(n)i, Venetian form of Gianni, Giovanni ‘John’, stock name of the servants acting as clowns in the commedia dell'arte.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》