Merry andrew meaning

Noun: merry andrew

Pronunciation:  (merry-andrew)

Merry andrew meaning: A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior or by means of comic antics.

Synonyms: clown, buffoon, goof, droll, zany

Quotations: William Lucas Collins – The games of the circus – the wild-beast fight and the gladiators, the rope-dancers, the merry-andrews, and the posture-masters, were more to their taste than clever intrigue and brilliant dialogue.

Lawrence Durrell – One of them, the eldest, was a sort of merry andrew and was not above dressing the part with a weird cap of jackal’s skin with many hanging tails and tassels.

Henry Fielding – Instead, therefore, of answering my landlady, the puppet-show man ran out to punish his merry-andrew.

Sample sentences:

1. What made you want to look up merry andrew? Please tell us where you read about it immediately.
2. He looked exactly like the ape dressed in the habit of a merry andrew, except that he had no hair on his head.
3. We went to put flowers on the memorial for the doyen of merry andrews.
4. It was my custom to drop from English to my native brogue like a merry-andrew.
5. “You are stupid and look like merry andrew”, she said, brushing the curls from his forehead.
6. I will definitely look like merry-andrew if I wear that dress. No one will respect what is only laughable.
7. A foolish and funny merry andrew came behind me and tripped me up.
8. When I saw that three dimensional movie for the first time, I jumped up and down like any Merry Andrew.
9. Merry andrew is a person who entertains others by means of comic antics.
10. Merry-andrew could be a person who clowns publicly. They usually have a ridiculous behavior.