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outzany

outzany verb: to exceed in buffoonery.

Verb

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

  1. (rare) To exceed in buffoonery.
    • Thou dost outzany Cokely1612, Ben Jonson, Epigrams
    • Jim Carrey, who played zany characters on television's In Living Color, outzanies himself here with slapstick antics1994, TV Guide, volume 42, page 44

Forms of outzany

third-person singular presentoutzanies
present participleoutzanying
past participleoutzanied
pastoutzanied

Origin of outzany

From out- + zany.

Questions about outzany

What does outzany mean?
Outzany means to exceed in buffoonery.
What part of speech is outzany?
Outzany is a verb.
What is the past tense of outzany?
The past tense of outzany is outzanied.

Words near outzany in the dictionary

  1. outyelps
  2. outyield
  3. outyielded
  4. outyielding
  5. outyields
  6. outzany
  7. ouvarovite
  8. ouvert
  9. ouverts
  10. ouverture
  11. ouvertures

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