Re: [wine] Fwd: A.Word.A.Day--zany

Laubrow, adj. - descriptive of a specimen of the "jammier the better" school of red wine production  Rodentstock, n. - a wine-related scam or fraud - "I bought a partnership interest in a Burgundy importer, but it turned out it was just a rodentstock"  Charlesshawnian, adj. - descriptive of any example of the immortal principle that things can always be made and sold cheaper if the quality is reduced sufficiently  From: "James(a)brewingnews.com" <beergovernor(a)gmail.com> To: wine(a)thebarn.com Sent: Monday, September 10, 2018 10:12 AM Subject: [wine] Fwd: A.Word.A.Day--zany Planting seeds here - stock characters from the wine industry... Parkerini? Turleyana? Sucklinger? Theiseman? Cheers,J ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Wordsmith <wsmith(a)wordsmith.org> Date: Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 3:29 AM Subject: A.Word.A.Day--zany To: <beergovernor(a)gmail.com> |  Wordsmith.org | The Magic of Words  | delanceyplace . com: thinker's daily quote A carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. | delanceyplace . com | today's sponsor  | Sep 10, 2018This week’s theme Words coined after stock characters This week’s words zany Image: Wikimedia CommonsA.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg Recently we featured the word scaramouch, coined after Scaramouche,a stock character in Italian comic theater during 16th-18th centuries.But Scaramouche isn’t the only one. This week we have assembled a cast offive such stock characters. They have stepped off the stage and walked into the pages of the dictionarywhere they lie for posterity. Wake them up; hire them for your prose orpoetry, office memo or college paper; and let them help you convey yourmessage in a livelier manner. zany PRONUNCIATION:(ZAY-nee) MEANING:adjective: Amusingly strange, comical, or clownish. ETYMOLOGY:From French zani, from Italian zanni, a nickname for Giovanni. The termhas its origin in the comedy theater commedia dell’arte popular in 16-18thcentury Italy. Giovanni, Italian form of the name John, was originally thegeneric name of the servant, a stock character who tried to mimic hismaster, himself a clown. Earliest documented use: 1596. USAGE:“This is one of the zaniest and most delightfully wacky plays to evergrace any stage at Bard on the Beach.” Lysistrata; The Vancouver Sun (Canada); Aug 30, 2018. See more usage examples of zany in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder byauthorities whom we do not control. -Cyril Connolly, critic and editor (10Sep 1903-1974) What are your thoughts? Click here to share it. Or you can email us at words(a)wordsmith.org Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Update address | Gift subscription | Contact us © 1994-2018 Wordsmith.org -- James Ellingson                                       cell 651 645 0753Great Lakes Brewing News, 5219 Elliot Ave, Mpls, MN 55417James(a)BrewingNews.com            BeerGovernor(a)gmail.com_______________________________________________ wine mailing list wine(a)thebarn.com http://www.thebarn.com/mailman/listinfo/wine