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ba⋅nan⋅as
[buh-nan-uh
z] 
–adjective Slang.
| 1. | crazy; deranged: All that chatter is driving me bananas. |
| 2. | wildly enthusiastic: The crowd went bananas when the music began. |
ba⋅nan⋅a
[buh-nan-uh] –noun
| 1. | a tropical plant of the genus Musa, certain species of which are cultivated for their nutritious fruit. Compare banana family. |
| 2. | the fruit, esp. that of M. paradisiaca, with yellow or reddish rind. |
Origin:
1590–1600; < Sp < Pg (perh. via Sp); akin to various words for banana or plantain in WAfr languages (e.g., Wolof, Malinke banana, Vai (Mande language of Liberia) bana), but ultimate source and direction of borrowing uncert.
1590–1600; < Sp < Pg (perh. via Sp); akin to various words for banana or plantain in WAfr languages (e.g., Wolof, Malinke banana, Vai (Mande language of Liberia) bana), but ultimate source and direction of borrowing uncert.
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| ba·nan·a (bə-nān'ə) n.
[Portuguese and Spanish, from Wolof, Mandingo, and Fulani.] |
| ba·nan·as (bə-nān'əz) adj. Slang Crazy: "That's the horrible thing when you're bananas—nobody can know the awful things that are going on in your head" (Otto Friedrich). "City dwellers . . . are subjected to so much noise it drives them bananas" (New Yorker). [From banana, worthless or crazy person, from banana.] |
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