Buffoon Definition

bə-fo͝on
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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:
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verb
To behave like a buffoon.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Buffoon

Noun

Singular:
buffoon
Plural:
buffoons

Origin 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

  • From Middle French bouffon, from Italian buffone (“jester”), from buffare (“to puff out the cheeks”)

    From Wiktionary

Buffoon Sentence Examples

  • He has a keen sense of humor without becoming a buffoon.

  • Dave, Barry S Wales Prescott is a bumbling buffoon.

  • Put him beside his wife and he looks a regular buffoon!

  • The " creature " of Charles, as he called himself, this burly, violent scholar, buffoon and bully, was reckoned a patriot.

  • When they have a complete buffoon as prime minister, the combination is explosive.

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Words Starting With

BBUBUF

Words Ending With

NONOON

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Words Starting With B and Ending With N

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With B7 Letter Words Ending With N