buffoon
1buffoon — uf*foon , a. Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon. Buffoon stories. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances. Melmoth. [1913 Webster] …
2buffoon — uf*foon , v. i. To act the part of a buffoon. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
3buffoon — uf*foon , n. [F. bouffon (cf. It. buffone, buffo, buffa, puff of wind, vanity, nonsense, trick), fr. bouffer to puff out, because the buffoons puffed out their cheeks for the amusement of the spectators. See {Buffet} a blow.] A man who makes a… …
4Buffoon — Buf*foon , v. t. To treat with buffoonery. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] …
5buffoon — 1540s, type of pantomime dance, 1580s, clown, from M.Fr. bouffon (16c.), from It. buffone jester, from buffare to puff out the cheeks, a comic gesture, of echoic origin. Also Cf. OON (Cf. oon) …
6buffoon — [n] clownlike person antic, bozo*, clown, comedian, comic, droll, fool, harlequin, jester, joker, merry andrew, wag, zany; concept 423 …
7buffoon — ► NOUN ▪ a ridiculous but amusing person. DERIVATIVES buffoonery noun buffoonish adjective. ORIGIN French bouffon, from Latin buffo clown …
8buffoon — [bə fo͞on′] n. [Fr bouffon < It buffone, jester < buffare, to jest, puff: of echoic orig.] a person who is always clowning and trying to be funny; clown buffoonery n. buffoonish adj …
9buffoon — n. to play the buffoon * * * [bə fuːn] to play the buffoon …
10buffoon — [[t]bʌfu͟ːn[/t]] buffoons N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone a buffoon, you mean that they often do foolish things. [OLD FASHIONED] ...the man once dismissed by the West as a drunken buffoon. Syn: clown …
