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buffoon
The definition of a buffoon is a clown or someone who is always trying to be funny.
(noun)The class clown who is always making everyone laugh is an example of a buffoon.
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See buffoon in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
a person who is always clowning and trying to be funny; clown
Origin: Fr bouffon < It buffone, jester < buffare, to jest, puff: of echoic orig.
Related Forms:
- buffoonery noun
- buffoonish adjective
See buffoon in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A clown; a jester: a court buffoon.
- A person given to clowning and joking.
- A ludicrous or bumbling person; a fool.
Origin:
Origin: French bouffon
Origin: , from Old Italian buffone
Origin: , from buffa, jest
Origin: , from buffare, to puff
Origin: , of imitative origin
.Related Forms:
- buf·foonˈer·y (bə-fo͞oˈnə-rē) noun
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