buffoonery (noun)
1buffoonery — buffoon ► NOUN ▪ a ridiculous but amusing person. DERIVATIVES buffoonery noun buffoonish adjective. ORIGIN French bouffon, from Latin buffo clown …
2buffoonery — noun /bəˈfuːnəri/ foolishness, silliness; the behaviour expected of a buffoon. Araminta, come, Ill talk seriously to you now; could you but see with my eyes the buffoonery of one scene of address, a lover, set out with all his equipage and… …
3buffoonery — noun (plural eries) Date: 1621 foolish or playful behavior or practice …
4buffoonery — noun acting like a clown or buffoon • Syn: ↑clowning, ↑japery, ↑frivolity, ↑harlequinade, ↑prank • Derivationally related forms: ↑frivolous (for: ↑frivoli …
5buffoon — noun (C) old fashioned someone who does silly things that make you laugh buffoonery noun (U) …
6buffoon — [bə fu:n] noun a ridiculous but amusing person. Derivatives buffoonery noun (plural buffooneries). buffoonish adjective Origin C16: from Fr. bouffon, from Ital. buffone, from med. L. buffo clown …
7buffoon — 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 …
8buffoon — ► NOUN ▪ a ridiculous but amusing person. DERIVATIVES buffoonery noun buffoonish adjective. ORIGIN French bouffon, from Latin buffo clown …
9buffoonish — buffoon ► NOUN ▪ a ridiculous but amusing person. DERIVATIVES buffoonery noun buffoonish adjective. ORIGIN French bouffon, from Latin buffo clown …
10schtik — noun 1. (Yiddish) a little; a piece give him a shtik cake he s a shtik crazy he played a shtik Beethoven • Syn: ↑shtik, ↑shtick, ↑schtick …
