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buffoonery

noun
/bəˈfuːnəɹi/CA

Etymology

From buffoon + -ery.

  1. derived from buffone — “jester”
  2. borrowed from bouffon
  3. suffixed as buffoonery — “buffoon + ery”

Definitions

  1. The behavior of a buffoon

    The behavior of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.

    • Araminta, come I'll talk ſeriouſly to you now, could you but ſee vvith my Eyes the buffoonry of one Scene of Addreſs, a Lover, ſet out with all his Equipage and Appurtenances; […]
    • [W]e ſet him [the Devil] up like a Scare-Crovv to fright Children and old VVomen, to fill up old Stories, make Songs and Ballads, and in a VVord, carry on the lovv priz'd Buffoonry of the common People; […]
    • […] One could not expect any body to take such a part—Nothing but buffoonery from beginning to end.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA