outzany

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ zany.

Verb

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

1. (rare) To exceed in buffoonery.
   • 1612, Ben Jonson, Epigrams:

     Thou dost outzany Cokely

   • 1994, TV Guide, volume 42, page 44:

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

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

     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.

References

• “outzany”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Zaytoun