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Definition of Buffoonish

1. Adjective. Like a clown. "A zany sense of humor"

Definition of Buffoonish

1. a. Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gestures.

Definition of Buffoonish

1. Adjective. Characteristic of a buffoon ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Buffoonish

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffoonish

Literary usage of Buffoonish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy: Delivered at the Royal Institution by Sydney Smith (1855)
"He assumes no grotesque attitude, he employs no buffoonish expression, ... There is, in this attempt, something low and buffoonish ; and a degree of that ..."

2. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Jesuits (1898)
"... for the spirit of God is not in accord with a haughty and buffoonish mind. Baptism has completely Changed him. He owes his happiness to his brother, ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1864)
"ich low and buffoonish character which he assumes are soon inseparably mingled in the minds of his associates with those of his own. ..."

4. Galateo: Or, A Treatise on Politeness and Delicacy of Manners by Giovanni Della Casa (1811)
"Neither ought any thing to be done in an abject, fawning, or buffoonish manner, merely to make other people laugh; such as distorting our mouths or our eyes ..."

5. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"(BACCHUS is seated in a buffoonish attitude in the side of the boat where the oar was fastened.) Bac. What you told me. I'm sitting at the oar. Cha. ..."

6. An Aristotelian Theory of Comedy: With an Adaptation of the Poetics, and a by Lane Cooper (1922)
"... of comedy are (1) the buffoonish, (2) the ironical, and (3) those of the impostors. [The three are distinguished by Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics 4. ..."

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