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Webster 1913 Edition
Buffoonery
Buf-foon′er-y
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Buffoonery
BUFFOON'ERY
,Noun.
Dryden has placed the accent improperly on the first syllable.
Definition 2024
buffoonery
buffoonery
English
Noun
buffoonery (plural buffooneries)
- foolishness, silliness; the behaviour expected of a buffoon.
- 1693: William Congreve, The Old Bachelor
- Araminta, come, I'll talk seriously to you now; could you but see with my eyes the buffoonery of one scene of address, a lover, set out with all his equipage and appurtenances; ...
- 1814: Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
- One could not expect anybody to take such a part. Nothing but buffoonery from beginning to end.
- before 1891: P.T. Barnum, quoted in The Life of Phineas T. Barnum
- The Temperance Reform was too serious a matter for trifling jokes and buffooneries.
- 1693: William Congreve, The Old Bachelor