gonzo

(gän)

adjective

  1. bizarre, unrestrained, or extravagant: used esp. of a style of personal journalism
  2. crazy or foolish

Origin: < It, blockhead < ?

See gonzo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Slang
  1. Using an exaggerated, highly subjective style, especially in journalism: “a hyperkinetic, gonzo version of Graham Greene” (New Yorker).
  2. Bizarre; unconventional.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps Italian, simpleton (perhaps short for Borgonzone, Burgundian)

Origin: or Spanish ganso, dullard, goose (of Germanic origin; see ghans- in Indo-European roots)

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