buffoon
buffoon
Definition
buf·foon (bə fo̵̅o̅n′)
noun
a person who is always clowning and trying to be funny; clown
Etymology: Fr bouffon < It buffone, jester < buffare, to jest, puff: of echoic orig.
buffoon
Synonyms
buffoon
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- bumble: Dave, Barry S Wales Prescott is a bumbling buffoon.
- make: The show's point was to make buffoons of the out-of-touch representatives responsible for the games industry.
- play: But rather than playing buffoon to Lee's philosopher, Richard is more laid back and less analytical.
- become: He has a keen sense of humor without becoming a buffoon.
- do: News: Trimble demands arms action now Why do the bombing buffoons focus so often on Ealing?
- have: When they have a complete buffoon as prime minister, the combination is explosive.
Adjective modifier
- incompetent: I have to say, the men seem to be incompetent buffoons.
- complete: When they have a complete buffoon as prime minister, the combination is explosive.
- dangerous: For some reason, we let ourselves get painted as dangerous buffoons who are living in the past.
- ignorant: I don't know why the ignorant buffoon hasn't rung me yet.
- pompous: Panel of pompous buffoons with no real grasp of the beautiful game?
- stumbling: It was a funny and tender film partially because of Moore's steadfast performance to Grant's stumbling buffoon.
Noun used with modifier
- class: Blunkett, the class buffoon, says that immigrants speaking English at home would help " overcome the schizophrenia which bedevils generational relationships " .
buffoon Quotes
A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long: But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
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