Buffoon

  • 11buffoon — noun 1) archaic the king s buffoon Syn: clown, jester, fool, comic, comedian, wag, wit, merry andrew, harlequin, Punchinello, Pierrot 2) they regarded him as a buffoon Syn …

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  • 12buffoon — UK [bəˈfuːn] / US [bəˈfun] noun [countable] Word forms buffoon : singular buffoon plural buffoons someone who behaves in a stupid and annoying way Derived word: buffoonery noun uncountable …

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  • 13buffoon — 1. noun a) One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool. b) An unintentionally ridiculous person. 2. verb To behave like a buffoon …

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  • 14Buffoon Castle — (Nazareth,Бельгия) Категория отеля: Адрес: Edekestraat 14, 9800 Nazareth, Бельгия …

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  • 15Buffoon Lemniscomys — Taxobox name = Buffoon Lemniscomys status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Muridae genus = Lemniscomys species = L. macculus binomial = Lemniscomys macculus binomial… …

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  • 16buffoon — noun Etymology: Middle French bouffon, from Old Italian buffone Date: 1585 1. a ludicrous figure ; clown 2. a gross and usually ill educated or stupid person • buffoonish adjective …

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  • 17buffoon — buffoonery /beuh fooh neuh ree/, n. buffoonish, adj. /beuh foohn /, n. 1. a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc. 2. a person given to coarse or undignified joking. [1540 50; earlier buffon < F < It buffone,&#8230; …

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  • 18buffoon — Synonyms and related words: Columbine, Hanswurst, Harlequin, Pantalone, Pantaloon, Polichinelle, Pulcinella, Punch, Punchinello, Scaramouch, ass, bad boy, booger, born fool, buffo, bugger, clown, cutup, devil, doodle, egregious ass, elf, enfant&#8230; …

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  • 19buffoon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fool, clown, jester; comedian, mountebank. See drama, wit. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. joker, clown, comedian; see clown , fool 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. clown, fool, jester, joker,&#8230; …

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  • 20buffoon — buf|foon [bəˈfu:n] n old fashioned [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: boufon, from Old Italian buffone, probably from buffare to breathe hard, blow ] someone who does silly things that make you laugh &GT;buffoonery n [U] …

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