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Buffoonery

Buffoonery Meaning & Definition
Buffoonery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Buffoonery?

[n] acting like a clown or buffoon

Synonyms | Synonyms for Buffoonery: clowning | frivolity | harlequinade | prank

Related Terms | Find terms related to Buffoonery: acting | asininity | banter | battiness | brainlessness | business | characterization | clownishness | crackpottedness | crankiness | craziness | daffiness | desipience | eccentricity | fatuity | fatuousness | folly | foolery | foolheadedness | fooling | foolishness | frivolity | frivolousness | gag | giddiness | goofiness | ham | hammy acting | harlequinade | hoke | hokum | horseplay | idiocy | imbecility | impersonation | inanity | ineptitude | insanity | lunacy | madness | mimesis | mimicking | mimicry | miming | mindlessness | monkeyshines | mummery | niaiserie | nugacity | nuttiness | overacting | pantomiming | patter | performance | performing | personation | playacting | playing | portrayal | projection | queerness | representation | sappiness | screwiness | senselessness | shenanigans | silliness | slapstick | stage business | stage directions | stage presence | stunt | stupidity | taking a role | thoughtlessness | tomfoolery | triflingness | triviality | wackiness | weirdness | witlessness | zaniness | zanyism

See Also | folly | foolery | indulgence | tomfoolery

Buffoonery In Webster's Dictionary

\Buf*foon"er*y\, n.; pl. {Buffooneries}. [F. bouffonnerie.] The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures. Nor that it will ever constitute a wit to conclude a tart piece of buffoonery with a ``What makes you blush?'' --Spectator.

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