Buffoon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A clown; a jester: a court buffoon.
  • n. A person given to clowning and joking.
  • n. A ludicrous or bumbling person; a fool.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
  • n. An unintentionally ridiculous person.
  • v. To behave like a buffoon
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • adj. Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon.
  • verb-intransitive. To act the part of a buffoon.
  • v. To treat with buffoonery.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who makes a practice of amusing others by tricks, odd gestures and postures, jokes, and other vulgar pleasantries; a droll; a merryandrew; a clown; a jester.
  • n. Synonyms See zany.
  • Characteristic of a buffoon; buffoonish.
  • To act the part of a buffoon.
  • To make ridiculous.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a rude or vulgar fool
  • n. a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
  • Form
    buffoonery   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    droll    mimic    harlequin    clown    merry-andrew    fool    jackpudding    pleasant    grotesque    antic   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bethune    Boone    Calhoun    June    Karun    Kuhn    Moon    Noone    Rangoon    Sassoon   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clown    juggler    jester    libertine    impostor    bully    madman    hypocrite    debauchee    drunkard