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Webster 1913 Edition


Outzany

Out-za′ny

,
Verb.
T.
To exceed in buffoonery.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Outzany

OUTZA'NY

,
Verb.
T.
[See Zany.] To exceed in buffoonery.

Definition 2024


outzany

outzany

English

Verb

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

  1. (rare, obsolete) To exceed in buffoonery.
    Thou dost outzany Cokely Ben Jonson.
    • 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.