Shakespeare Words
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Zany
Invented in Love's Labour's Lost“ | I remit both twain. | |
| I see the trick on't: here was a consent, | ||
| Knowing aforehand of our merriment, | ||
| To dash it like a Christmas comedy: | ||
| Some carry-tale, some please-man, some slight zany, | ||
| Some mumble-news, some trencher-knight, some Dick, | ||
| That smiles his cheek in years and knows the trick | ||
| To make my lady laugh when she's disposed, | ||
| Told our intents before; which once disclosed, | ||
| The ladies did change favours: and then we, | ” |
Those zany Italians loved them some archetypal characters, and in their plays, the clown character was named Zanni. Not hard to see how Shakespeare (or his contemporaries) got zany from it. |
Tag: Love's Labour's Lost