Buffoon Definition
bə-fo͝on
buffoons
noun
buffoons
A clown; a jester.
A court buffoon.
American Heritage
A person who is always clowning and trying to be funny; clown.
Webster's New World
A ludicrous or bumbling person; a fool.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- clown
- goofball
- goof
- merry-andrew
- polichinelle
- pulcinella
- jack-pudding
- pantalone
- hanswurst
- pickle-herring
- zany
- wit
- wag
- stooge
- ridicule
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verb
To behave like a buffoon.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Buffoon
Noun
Singular:
buffoon
Plural:
buffoonsOrigin of Buffoon
French bouffon from Old Italian buffone from buffa jest from buffare to puff of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French bouffon, from Italian buffone (“jester”), from buffare (“to puff out the cheeks”)
From Wiktionary
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