BUFFOON
\bʌfˈuːn], \bʌfˈuːn], \b_ʌ_f_ˈuː_n]\
Definitions of BUFFOON
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon.
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To act the part of a buffoon.
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To treat with buffoonery.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon.
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To act the part of a buffoon.
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To treat with buffoonery.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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