buffoon

buf·foon

B0534200 (bə-fo͞on′)n.1. A clown; a jester: a court buffoon.2. A person given to clowning and joking.3. A ludicrous or bumbling person; a fool.

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[French bouffon, from Old Italian buffone, from buffa, jest, from buffare, to puff, of imitative origin.]

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buf·foon′er·y (bə-fo͞o′nə-rē) n.

buffoon

(bəˈfuːn) n1. a person who amuses others by ridiculous or odd behaviour, jokes, etc2. a foolish person[C16: from French bouffon, from Italian buffone, from Medieval Latin būfō, from Latin: toad] bufˈfoonery n

buf•foon

(bəˈfun)

n. 1. a person who amuses others by jokes, pranks, etc. 2. a person given to coarse or offensive joking. [1540–50; earlier buffon < French < Italian buffone=buff- (expressive base) + -one agent suffix] buf•foon′er•y, n. buf•foon′ish, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	buffoon - a rude or vulgar fool clownfool, muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap - a person who lacks good judgment
	2.	buffoon - a person who amuses others by ridiculous behaviormerry andrew, clown, goof, goofballcomedian, comic - a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical actsharlequin - a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)jester, motley fool, fool - a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ageswhiteface - a clown whose face is covered with white make-upzany - a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect

buffoon

noun clown, fool, comic, comedian, wag, joker, jester, dag (N.Z. informal), harlequin, droll, silly billy (informal), joculator or (fem.) joculatrix, merry-andrew a drunken buffoon

Translations

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