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ZAN'Y

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Zan'y More correctly, ~~~Zanny
Zanny (Italian zanni, a buffoon; Latin sannio, "sanna" means a grimace, and "sanneo" one who makes grimaces).
"For indeed,
He's like the `zani to a tumbler
That tries tricks after him to make men laugh."
B. Jonson: Every Man out of his Humour, iv. 2.
"He belonged to one of those dramatic companies called zanni, who went about the country reciting and acting."- John Inglesant, chap. xxvii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: ZAN'Y

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-a-n-y-z"

-1 letter: zany.

-2 letters: any, nay.

-3 letters: an, ay, na, ya.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ZAN'Y


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

5A 41 4E 27 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01011010 01000001 01001110 00100111 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#90 &#65 &#78 &#39 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

005A 0041 004E 0027 0059

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

603548959

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2. Orthography
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