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buffoon(dictionary)

buffoon (iou)



buffoon noun, adjective, & verb. M16.
[French bouffon from Italian buffone, from medieval Latin buffo clown, from Proto-Romance verb meaning 'puff', of imit. origin: see -OON.]
A. noun.
A pantomine dance. Scot. rare. Only in M16.
A (professional) jester, a clown. arch. L16.
A (vulgar or ludicrous) joker, a wag, a mocker. Usu. derog. L16.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Belonging to or characteristic of a buffoon; vulgarly jocular. arch. E17.
C. verb.
verb trans. Ridicule, burlesque. arch. M17.
verb intrans. Play the buffoon. L17.
buffoonery noun the actions or an act of a buffoon; silliness, farce: E17.
buffoonish adjective like or characteristic of a buffoon; silly, ridiculous: L17.