{
  "zaniness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "buffo",
      "buffoon",
      "clown",
      "harlequin"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person who fawns over another person : a servile follower : toady":[
        "\u2026 must have known the falsehood of the slander which they encouraged their zanies to propagate.",
        "\u2014 William Gifford"
      ],
      ": a subordinate clown or acrobat in old comedies who mimics ludicrously the tricks of the principal : merry-andrew":[],
      ": being or having the characteristics of a zany":[],
      ": nut , kook":[],
      ": one who acts the buffoon to amuse others":[],
      ": very eccentric (see eccentric entry 1 sense 1a ) or absurd (see absurd entry 1 sense 1 ) often in an amusing way":[
        "a zany comedy",
        "the movie's zany characters/antics/humor",
        "another one of his zany ideas"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a zany plan to drive cross-country on a motorized scooter",
      "Noun",
      "hired a zany to entertain the children at the birthday party",
      "one of the challenges of hosting a radio call-in program is preventing the zanies from completely taking over the discussion",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "And the director is going to be there and just be your zany , funny self. \u2014 Zachary Pincus-roth, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Similarly zany were his dealings with the Chechen mob and overzealous fellow ex-Marines, one of whom cheerfully watches pornography on his living-room TV in full view of visitors. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "At its best \u2014 whether performing a zany new pop musical about the fall of Rome; a witty dance theater piece about rehearsing; or the intense, expansive music of Julius Eastman \u2014 AMOC is a party, a communal happening, a family dinner. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "With an acoustic guitar in hand, Lapidus performed a zany original song about the frustration of wanting more parmesan cheese while at an Italian restaurant. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
      "The group is led by the zany and outspoken metalhead Eddie Munson, played by newcomer Joseph Quinn. \u2014 Antonio Ferme, Variety , 15 May 2022",
      "At first glance, the area around Joshua Tree National Park can appear barren, apart from its zany trees and a few dry shrubs here and there. \u2014 Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Muggs dialed back the Bomb Squad\u2019s sonic maximalism, creating a barrage of psychedelic funk with a West Coast bent that would become progressively stranger and layered with each album, forever toeing the line between ominous and zany . \u2014 Max Bell, SPIN , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Will Ferrell is best known for his work in zany comedies like Anchorman, Elf, and Step Brothers (and for good measure, because those movies are incredible). \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Ahead of the show's return, EW is breaking down all of that and more \u2014 from when and where to watch, to all the new costumes, to all the twists to expect from this newest edition of Fox's zany masked celeb singing competition. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The announcement was a shock to Zappos employees, who had grown used to their company\u2019s zany , anything-goes culture. \u2014 Katherine Sayre, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "This zany , cartoon-soundbite\u2013like track somehow fits comfortably on A Couple of Good Days next to playful hip-house, crystalline piano thumpers, funky strut, and alluringly low-key disco. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "In the 1970s, a new tradition was born \u2014 having students dress up as a zany El Palo Alto to boost school spirit at sporting events. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2021",
      "For Mosca, selling the inn in a zany , legally fraught manner was worth it. \u2014 Julie Kliegman, The Week , 23 Feb. 2018",
      "The town would now be saddled with a zany (in a bad way), dysfunctional, dangerous organization on so many levels. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "With the notoriously zany Doja Cat hosting, really anything could happen at this year\u2019s MTV Video Music Awards. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "But for some animal-obsessive ceramists, anthropomorphizing as a sculptural approach is a zany (and speedy) joy. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1539, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
      "1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian zanni , a traditional masked clown, from Italian dialect Zanni , nickname for Italian Giovanni John":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8z\u0101-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "absurd",
      "asinine",
      "balmy",
      "brainless",
      "bubbleheaded",
      "cockeyed",
      "crackpot",
      "crazy",
      "cuckoo",
      "daffy",
      "daft",
      "dippy",
      "dotty",
      "fatuous",
      "featherheaded",
      "fool",
      "foolish",
      "half-baked",
      "half-witted",
      "harebrained",
      "inept",
      "insane",
      "jerky",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "loony",
      "looney",
      "lunatic",
      "lunkheaded",
      "mad",
      "nonsensical",
      "nutty",
      "preposterous",
      "sappy",
      "screwball",
      "senseless",
      "silly",
      "simpleminded",
      "stupid",
      "tomfool",
      "unwise",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "weak-minded",
      "witless"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-080119",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "zany":{
    "antonyms":[
      "buffo",
      "buffoon",
      "clown",
      "harlequin"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person who fawns over another person : a servile follower : toady":[
        "\u2026 must have known the falsehood of the slander which they encouraged their zanies to propagate.",
        "\u2014 William Gifford"
      ],
      ": a subordinate clown or acrobat in old comedies who mimics ludicrously the tricks of the principal : merry-andrew":[],
      ": being or having the characteristics of a zany":[],
      ": nut , kook":[],
      ": one who acts the buffoon to amuse others":[],
      ": very eccentric (see eccentric entry 1 sense 1a ) or absurd (see absurd entry 1 sense 1 ) often in an amusing way":[
        "a zany comedy",
        "the movie's zany characters/antics/humor",
        "another one of his zany ideas"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "a zany plan to drive cross-country on a motorized scooter",
      "Noun",
      "hired a zany to entertain the children at the birthday party",
      "one of the challenges of hosting a radio call-in program is preventing the zanies from completely taking over the discussion",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "And the director is going to be there and just be your zany , funny self. \u2014 Zachary Pincus-roth, Washington Post , 19 May 2022",
      "Similarly zany were his dealings with the Chechen mob and overzealous fellow ex-Marines, one of whom cheerfully watches pornography on his living-room TV in full view of visitors. \u2014 Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "At its best \u2014 whether performing a zany new pop musical about the fall of Rome; a witty dance theater piece about rehearsing; or the intense, expansive music of Julius Eastman \u2014 AMOC is a party, a communal happening, a family dinner. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "With an acoustic guitar in hand, Lapidus performed a zany original song about the frustration of wanting more parmesan cheese while at an Italian restaurant. \u2014 Edward Segarra, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
      "The group is led by the zany and outspoken metalhead Eddie Munson, played by newcomer Joseph Quinn. \u2014 Antonio Ferme, Variety , 15 May 2022",
      "At first glance, the area around Joshua Tree National Park can appear barren, apart from its zany trees and a few dry shrubs here and there. \u2014 Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Muggs dialed back the Bomb Squad\u2019s sonic maximalism, creating a barrage of psychedelic funk with a West Coast bent that would become progressively stranger and layered with each album, forever toeing the line between ominous and zany . \u2014 Max Bell, SPIN , 17 Mar. 2022",
      "Will Ferrell is best known for his work in zany comedies like Anchorman, Elf, and Step Brothers (and for good measure, because those movies are incredible). \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 9 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Ahead of the show's return, EW is breaking down all of that and more \u2014 from when and where to watch, to all the new costumes, to all the twists to expect from this newest edition of Fox's zany masked celeb singing competition. \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 23 Feb. 2022",
      "The announcement was a shock to Zappos employees, who had grown used to their company\u2019s zany , anything-goes culture. \u2014 Katherine Sayre, WSJ , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "This zany , cartoon-soundbite\u2013like track somehow fits comfortably on A Couple of Good Days next to playful hip-house, crystalline piano thumpers, funky strut, and alluringly low-key disco. \u2014 Elias Leight, Rolling Stone , 18 Feb. 2022",
      "In the 1970s, a new tradition was born \u2014 having students dress up as a zany El Palo Alto to boost school spirit at sporting events. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2021",
      "For Mosca, selling the inn in a zany , legally fraught manner was worth it. \u2014 Julie Kliegman, The Week , 23 Feb. 2018",
      "The town would now be saddled with a zany (in a bad way), dysfunctional, dangerous organization on so many levels. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 13 Nov. 2021",
      "With the notoriously zany Doja Cat hosting, really anything could happen at this year\u2019s MTV Video Music Awards. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "But for some animal-obsessive ceramists, anthropomorphizing as a sculptural approach is a zany (and speedy) joy. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1539, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective",
      "1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian zanni , a traditional masked clown, from Italian dialect Zanni , nickname for Italian Giovanni John":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8z\u0101-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "absurd",
      "asinine",
      "balmy",
      "brainless",
      "bubbleheaded",
      "cockeyed",
      "crackpot",
      "crazy",
      "cuckoo",
      "daffy",
      "daft",
      "dippy",
      "dotty",
      "fatuous",
      "featherheaded",
      "fool",
      "foolish",
      "half-baked",
      "half-witted",
      "harebrained",
      "inept",
      "insane",
      "jerky",
      "kooky",
      "kookie",
      "loony",
      "looney",
      "lunatic",
      "lunkheaded",
      "mad",
      "nonsensical",
      "nutty",
      "preposterous",
      "sappy",
      "screwball",
      "senseless",
      "silly",
      "simpleminded",
      "stupid",
      "tomfool",
      "unwise",
      "wacky",
      "whacky",
      "weak-minded",
      "witless"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072849",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "zanamivir":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an antiviral drug C 12 H 20 N 4 O 7 that is a neuraminidase inhibitor taken by oral inhalation in the treatment and prevention of influenza A and B":[
        "Zanamivir and oseltamivir block a key viral enzyme, neuraminidase, and reduce the duration of ordinary flu symptoms by a day or two, if started within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms.",
        "\u2014 Debora MacKenzie"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "z\u0259-\u02c8na-m\u0259-\u02ccvir",
      "z\u0259-\u02c8nam-\u0259-\u02ccvir"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "zan- (of undetermined origin) + -ami-, infix denoting a neuraminidase inhibitor (from neuraminidase ) + -vir, combining element denoting an antiviral compound (from virus )":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1997, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220715-102847"
  },
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    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of marine fishes consisting of the Moorish idols and resembling in many respects the related surgeonfishes but lacking the distinguishing spines of the latter and having above the eyes bony outgrowths resembling horns \u2014 compare teuthididae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8za\u014bkl\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Zanclus , type genus + -idae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-084815"
  },
  "Zanclus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus coextensive with the family Zanclidae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259s"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek zanklon sickle":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-101938"
  },
  "Zande":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an African people of considerable prominence in the history and development of the region of the Congo-Sudan frontier especially over the past century":[],
      ": a member of such people":[],
      ": an Adamawa-Eastern language of the Zande people spoken in the northern Congo and southwestern Sudan":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8zand\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-134232"
  },
  "zander":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a pike perch ( Stizostedion lucioperca ) of central Europe related to the walleye":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ts\u00e4n-",
      "\u02c8zan-d\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1854, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-005039"
  },
  "Zanesville":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "city on the Muskingum River in east central Ohio population 25,487":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8z\u0101nz-\u02ccvil"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165450"
  },
  "Zangwill":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Israel 1864\u20131926 English dramatist and novelist":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8za\u014b-\u02ccgwil",
      "-\u02ccwil"
    ],
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    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053440"
  },
  "zanja":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an irrigating canal : an irrigation ditch":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8s\u00e4-",
      "\u02c8z\u00e4\u014bh\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "American Spanish, from Spanish, ditch, trench":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-075529"
  },
  "Zanjan":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "city in northwestern Iran at the western end of the Elburz Mountains population 386,851":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "zan-\u02c8j\u00e4n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-081605"
  },
  "zanjero":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one in charge of water distribution from zanjas":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "z\u00e4\u014b\u02c8he(\u02cc)r\u014d",
      "s\u00e4-"
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    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "American Spanish, from zanja":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-113629"
  },
  "Zanni":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a madcap clown in masked comedy traditionally from Bergamo, Italy usually playing the part of a comic servant and indulging in acrobatic antics and tricks \u2014 compare pierrot":[],
      ": a clown resembling Harlequin":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8(d)z\u00e4n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian, from Italian dialect (Lombardy) Zanni , nickname from the name Italian Giovanni John, from Late Latin Joannes":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-132526"
  },
  "Zannichellia":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small genus of aquatic plants (family Potamogetonaceae) of wide distribution having branching capillary stems, small acute leaves, and axillary flowers which with the leaves are originally enclosed in a hyaline envelope \u2014 see horned pondweed":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02cczan\u0259\u02c8kel\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Gian Girolamo Zannichelli \u20201729 Italian botanist + New Latin -ia":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-171443"
  },
  "Zanzibarian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to Zanzibar or its inhabitants":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6zan-z\u0259-\u00a6b\u00e4r-\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1838, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-224932"
  },
  "Zanzibar":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name",
      "noun or adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "island of eastern Africa off the northeastern Tanzania mainland area 600 square miles (1554 square kilometers), population 700,000":[],
      "city and port on the island of Zanzibar population 223,033":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8zan-z\u0259-\u02ccb\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-225907"
  },
  "zanza":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an African musical instrument consisting of graduated sets of tongues of wood or metal inserted into and resonated by a wooden box and sounded by plucking with the fingers or thumbs":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8zanz\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Arabic \u1e63anj castanets, cymbals, from Persian sanj":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-230620"
  },
  "zanyism":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a characteristic or practice of a zany : buffoonery":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-n\u0113\u02cciz\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235651"
  },
  "Zanzibar copal":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hard copal derived from a tree ( Trachylobium verrucosum ) of the family Leguminosae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-b\u0227(r-",
      "\u00a6zanz\u0259\u00a6b\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Zanzibar , island off the northeast coast of Tanganyika, Tanzania, eastern Africa":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220713-004648"
  }
}