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buffoon

[ buh-foon ]

noun

  1. a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. a person given to coarse or undignified joking.

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  3. a silly or foolish person:

    He has been shown to be a pompous, incompetent buffoon.



buffoon

/ ²úəˈ´Ú³ÜË²Ô /

noun

  1. a person who amuses others by ridiculous or odd behaviour, jokes, etc
  2. a foolish person
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Derived Forms

  • ²ú³Ü´Úˈ´Ú´Ç´Ç²Ô±ð°ù²â, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú³Ü´Ú·´Ú´Ç´Ç²Ô·±ð°ù·²â [b, uh, -, foo, -n, uh, -ree], noun
  • ²ú³Ü´Ú·´Ú´Ç´Ç²Ô·¾±²õ³ó adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of buffoon1

First recorded in 1540–50; earlier buffon, from French, from Italian buffone, equivalent to buff- (expressive form; compare buffa “puff of breath,†buffare “to puff, puff up one's cheeksâ€) + -one agent suffix, ultimately from Latin -ŲԱð³¾, accusative of nominative noun suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of buffoon1

C16: from French bouffon , from Italian buffone , from Medieval Latin ²úÅ«´ÚÅ , from Latin: toad
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Who was this buffoon? was the reaction of the national media.

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The question is: Will the Democrats flood social media with memes using these buffoons’ antics to show what a joke the Trumpified Republicans have become?

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Trump put up a strong tough guy facade for a while, but at the end of the trial he looked like a deflated balloon, more accurately a deflated buffoon.

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He uses humor to paint Trump as a buffoon unworthy of the Oval Office, but the president stops short of turning the election into a laughing matter.

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