† buffoonizebuffonizev.
Obsolete.
To act the buffoon.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > act absurdly [verb (intransitive)]
buffoonize1611
buffoona1672
anticize1871
to play the giddy ox1892
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > cause laughter [verb (intransitive)] > play the buffoon
buffoonize1611
buffoona1672
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Goguenarder, to buffoonize it; breake iests, telle merrie tales.
1657 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) 98 He can buffonize, and jest.
Derivatives
buffoonizing n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adjective]
gamelyOE
hathfula1250
scornfula1400
hathlya1425
mockisha1513
mockinga1529
mowinga1529
deriding1530
hethingfulc1540
bourding1552
make-sport1582
frumping1587
yarking1593
jerking1596
bobbing1605
derident1609
buffoonizing1611
scoptical?1611
scommatizing1613
derisory1618
ridiculous1622
ludibriousa1643
frumpish1647
twitting1655
derisivea1662
derisorious1664
scoptic1670
ridiculing1684
derisionarya1704
mockful1754
irrisory1846
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun]
jocularya1500
fooling?1545
clownage1590
buffoonizing1611
tomfoolery1812
clownery1821
tomfooling1823
clowning1861
jazzbo1914
slapstick1926
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Patelinage, a buffoonizing, or acting the vice in a play.
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 40 A buffonizing and jearing humour.
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