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Definition of Buffoonery
1. Noun. Acting like a clown or buffoon.
Generic synonyms: Craziness, Folly, Foolery, Indulgence, Lunacy, Tomfoolery
Specialized synonyms: Schtick, Schtik, Shtick, Shtik
Derivative terms: Clown, Frivolous
Definition of Buffoonery
1. n. The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures.
Definition of Buffoonery
1. Noun. foolishness, silliness; the behaviour expected of a buffoon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Buffoonery
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffoonery
Literary usage of Buffoonery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1824)
"buffoonery—BURLESQUE—LOW COMEDY. HE was a very subtle schoolman, who first said
that we owe the origin of the word buffoon to a little Athenian sacrificer ..."
2. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1908)
"... as he was of the most refined intellectual enjoyment, taking pleasure in coarse
and foolish buffoonery.|| The matter has, however, a very serious side. ..."
3. Essays, Moral and Literary by Vicesimus Knox (1803)
"... amidst the warmest contest, a refined taste and delicate passion for the
politest learning and the profoundest philosophy. t HO. CXXV. ON buffoonery TN ..."
4. Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts,: Including by John Heneage Jesse (1855)
"... Death-warrant—His indecent Behaviour in the Court of Wards—Visits the King's
dead Body—Anecdotes—Cromwell's love of buffoonery—His Practice of flinging ..."
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