zany• Does this all sound a bit, uh, zany?• Odd, of course, a bit zany, but the odder the book the better it tends to do nowadays.• They are furious that some people thought they were just some zanyfashionexperience, a house group, Seventies revivalists.• Parents can change this by really listening to the sometimeszany, idiosyncratic ideas our children have about books.• Anyway, one teacher's idea of a brilliantly zanylesson might be another teacher's idea of a classroomnightmare.• a zany new TVcomedy• It seems hardly a week goes by anymore without yet another report of zanyresults of affirmativeaction in action.
Originzany
(1500-1600)Italianzanni type of clown, from Giovanni“John”