outzany

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verb

To exceed in buffoonery.

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Meanings

verboutzany (third-person singular simple present outzanies, present participle outzanying, simple past and past participle outzanied)

present singular third person outzanies · participle present outzanying · participle past outzanied · past outzanied

  1. rareTo exceed in buffoonery.

    Thou dost outzany Cokely

    1612, Ben Jonson, Epigrams
    2 more examples

    Jim Carrey, who played zany characters on television's In Living Color, outzanies himself here with slapstick antics

    1994, TV Guide, volume 42, page 44

    The stories of his adventures outzany those of any other figure in jazz, even certified cuckoos like the maniacal Jack Purvis and the perverse Joe Venuti.

    1998, Leslie Gourse, The Ella Fitzgerald companion: seven decades of commentary

Origin

From out- + zany.

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Chicago

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