Definition of Buffoon

1. Noun. A rude or vulgar fool.

Exact synonyms: Clown
Specialized synonyms: Pantaloon
Generic synonyms: Fool, Muggins, Sap, Saphead, Tomfool

2. Noun. A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior.
Exact synonyms: Clown, Goof, Goofball, Merry Andrew
Generic synonyms: Comedian, Comic
Specialized synonyms: Harlequin, Fool, Jester, Motley Fool, Whiteface, Zany
Specialized synonyms: Emmett Kelly, Kelly, Weary Willie
Derivative terms: Clown, Goof, Goofy

Definition of Buffoon

1. n. A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.

2. a. Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon.

3. v. i. To act the part of a buffoon.

4. v. t. To treat with buffoonery.

Definition of Buffoon

1. Noun. One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool. ¹

2. Noun. (pejorative) An unintentionally ridiculous person. ¹

3. Verb. To behave like a buffoon ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Buffoon

1. a clown [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffoon

buffetings
buffets
buffi
buffier
buffiest
buffin
buffing
buffing wheel
buffings
buffins
buffle-headed
bufflehead
buffleheads
buffly
buffo
buffoon (current term)
buffooned
buffooneries
buffoonery
buffooning
buffoonish
buffoonishly
buffoonism
buffoonlike
buffoonly
buffoons
buffos
buffs
buffware
buffwares

Literary usage of Buffoon

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

1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"THE buffoon AND THE COUNTRYMAN AT a country fair there was a buffoon who made all the people laugh by imitating the cries of various animals. ..."

2. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"Unjustly made the buffoon in Plays. This is most true, that the lord Cobham made his escape out of the Tower, wherein he was imprisoned; fled into Wales ..."

3. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"Unjustly made tf>e buffoon in Plays. This is most true, that the lord Cobham made his escape out of the Tower, wherein he was imprisoned ; fled into Wales ..."

4. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1854)
"But the rude and buffoon shepherds, whose dialogue fills so much of the slight and poor action, show plainly that he was neither unacquainted with Enzina ..."

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