buffoon
Speech parts
1. buffoon - Noun
2. buffoon - Adjective
3. buffoon - Verb
Meaning
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.
Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon.
To act the part of a buffoon.
To treat with buffoonery.
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A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
He is killer and clown, big-hearted buffoon and strutting martinet.
When a situation gets so bad that no solution seems possible there is left only murder or suicide. Or both. These failing, one becomes a buffoon.
With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
The antics of a market buffoon provide laughter, but nobody prays that his child becomes the market buffoon.
The antics of a market buffoon provide laughter.