buffoon

[ buh-foon ]

/ bəˈfun /

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noun

a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc.

a person given to coarse or undignified joking.

a silly or foolish person: He has been shown to be a pompous, incompetent buffoon.

Origin of buffoon

First recorded in 1540–50; earlier buffon, from French, from Italian buffone, equivalent to buff- (expressive form; compare buffa “puff of breath,” buffare “to puff, puff up one's cheeks”) + -one agent suffix, ultimately from Latin -ōnem, accusative of nominative noun suffix -ō

SYNONYMS FOR buffoon

1 jester, clown, fool.

2 boor.

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OTHER WORDS FROM buffoon

buf·foon·er·y

[buh-foo-nuh-ree], /bəˈfu nə ri/, nounbuf·foon·ish, adjective

Words nearby buffoon

Buffett, buffing wheel, bufflehead, buffo, Buffon, buffoon, Buffs, buff stick, buff-tip moth, buff top, buff wheel

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Example sentences from the Web for buffoon

Apparently, he was known in the Foreign Office as "HBH"—His Buffoon Highness.
Good Riddance to Prince Andrew’s Day Job!|William Underhill|July 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Well, Coughlin was a buffoon, too, and in 1932, the party of Herbert Hoover was also in disarray.
Who Made Frank Rich God?|Lee Siegel|March 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Keep that source of remarkable strength all quiet on the buffoon front.
Good Riddance, O.J.|Stanley Crouch|December 6, 2008|DAILY BEAST
MANY people think that because the clown wears a grotesque garb and indulges in silly antics, that he is a buffoon all the time.
The Autobiography of a Clown|Isaac Frederick Marcosson

Ecclesiastical persons also were represented with it, since the buffoon always wore it, whatever his rôle.
Folkways|William Graham Sumner
Sombre is human life, and as yet without meaning: a buffoon may be fateful to it.
Thus Spake Zarathustra|Friedrich Nietzsche
Urbain did not share the general hilarity; however, he lent his ear to a new scene which the buffoon was playing.
The Barber of Paris|Charles Paul de Kock
He had been a buffoon, and his dress still bore many tokens of his former profession.
A Word Only A Word, Complete|Georg Ebers

British Dictionary definitions for buffoon

buffoon

/ (bəˈfuːn) /

noun

a person who amuses others by ridiculous or odd behaviour, jokes, etc

a foolish person

Derived forms of buffoon

buffoonery, noun

Word Origin for buffoon

C16: from French bouffon, from Italian buffone, from Medieval Latin būfō, from Latin: toad

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单词	buffoon
释义	buffoon [ buh-foon ] / bəˈfun / SEE SYNONYMS FOR buffoon ON THESAURUS.COM noun a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc. a person given to coarse or undignified joking. a silly or foolish person: He has been shown to be a pompous, incompetent buffoon. Origin of buffoon First recorded in 1540–50; earlier buffon, from French, from Italian buffone, equivalent to buff- (expressive form; compare buffa “puff of breath,” buffare “to puff, puff up one's cheeks”) + -one agent suffix, ultimately from Latin -ōnem, accusative of nominative noun suffix -ō SYNONYMS FOR buffoon 1 jester, clown, fool. 2 boor. SEE SYNONYMS FOR buffoon ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM buffoon buf·foon·er·y [buh-foo-nuh-ree], /bəˈfu nə ri/, nounbuf·foon·ish, adjective Words nearby buffoon Buffett, buffing wheel, bufflehead, buffo, Buffon, buffoon, Buffs, buff stick, buff-tip moth, buff top, buff wheel Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for buffoon Apparently, he was known in the Foreign Office as "HBH"—His Buffoon Highness. Good Riddance to Prince Andrew’s Day Job!\|William Underhill\|July 23, 2011\|DAILY BEAST Well, Coughlin was a buffoon, too, and in 1932, the party of Herbert Hoover was also in disarray. Who Made Frank Rich God?\|Lee Siegel\|March 16, 2009\|DAILY BEAST Keep that source of remarkable strength all quiet on the buffoon front. Good Riddance, O.J.\|Stanley Crouch\|December 6, 2008\|DAILY BEAST MANY people think that because the clown wears a grotesque garb and indulges in silly antics, that he is a buffoon all the time. The Autobiography of a Clown\|Isaac Frederick Marcosson Ecclesiastical persons also were represented with it, since the buffoon always wore it, whatever his rôle. Folkways\|William Graham Sumner Sombre is human life, and as yet without meaning: a buffoon may be fateful to it. Thus Spake Zarathustra\|Friedrich Nietzsche Urbain did not share the general hilarity; however, he lent his ear to a new scene which the buffoon was playing. The Barber of Paris\|Charles Paul de Kock He had been a buffoon, and his dress still bore many tokens of his former profession. A Word Only A Word, Complete\|Georg Ebers British Dictionary definitions for buffoon buffoon / (bəˈfuːn) / noun a person who amuses others by ridiculous or odd behaviour, jokes, etc a foolish person Derived forms of buffoon buffoonery, noun Word Origin for buffoon C16: from French bouffon, from Italian buffone, from Medieval Latin būfō, from Latin: toad Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to buffoon clown, fool, harlequin, jester, joker, wag, zany, antic, comedian, comic, bozo, droll, merry-andrew
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buffoon

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Words nearby buffoon

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