Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The art and practices of a buffoon; low jests; ridiculous pranks; vulgar tricks and postures.
Wiktionary
- n. foolishness, silliness; the behaviour expected of a buffoon.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures.
WordNet 3.0
- n. acting like a clown or buffoon
Etymologies
- buffoon + suffix -ery (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It's not our fault this buffoonery is all we have to work with.”
“Watch out Jon, the Gaffe-Master just might take your job .... buffoonery is the one thing he really IS expert at .... gary davis Harbor Oregon proud american”
“A taste for buffoonery is much to be discouraged, an exclusive taste for extravagance most unwholesome and even perverting.”
“The quality of what, can only be called buffoonery which is under discussion is indeed one of the many things in which Browning was more of an Elizabethan than a Victorian.”
“I had a mixed reaction to the episode … I don’t like when the writers or whomever make the Booth character too contrived a buffoon; accidental buffoonery is fine by me.”
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“Rylance can do no wrong for me and he offers a masterclass in buffoonery.”
“At length the London manager was discovered to be asleep, and shortly after that he woke up and went away, whereupon all the company fell foul of the unhappy comic countryman, declaring that his buffoonery was the sole cause; and Mr”
“London manager was discovered to be asleep, and shortly after that he woke up and went away, whereupon all the company fell foul of the unhappy comic countryman, declaring that his buffoonery was the sole cause; and Mr Crummles said, that he had put up with it a long time, but that he really couldn't stand it any longer, and therefore would feel obliged by his looking out for another engagement.”
“Like, I think, many people my age (and older), my introduction to Batman was the Adam West TV show, which can be best described as buffoonery gold.”
“Somewhere in the buffoonery is a well-reasoned argument for Michael to call it off with Pam's mom, something about Michael's desire to visit Italy, start a family and do all the things that Helene has already done and has no interest in doing again.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘buffoonery’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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GRE
abase, broach, brocade, burgeon, bungle, bureaucracy, burly, burnished, browbeat, brusque, bucolic, buffoonery and 21 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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Big Top
roadshow, hooplah, derring do, acrobat, buffoonery, cavort, hijinks, gaiety, frolic, ringmaster, stilts, tightrope and 77 more...
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Nonsense
Synonyms of "nonsense"
tomfoolery, balderdash, poppycock, lalapalooza, hullabaloo, hodgepodge, gibberish, shenanigans, hootenanny, jabberwocky, gobbledygook, mummery and 21 more...
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Funny words
Words that have funny sounds or mean funny things
moose, noob, olivary, lubes, sapsuckers, mushroom-headed, grayish-pink, spatula-shaped, comely, slipstream, toad, bulb and 25 more...
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Nonsense
I've lost a word. Several months ago, I was reading a tart little essay online (the online counterpart of a British publication, but
*not* my beloved *LRB*, of that I'm pretty sure), and the ...twaddle, codswallop, bafflegab, gimcrackery, balderdash, poppycock, gibberish, tomfoolery, gobbledygook, buffoonery, hogwash, mumbo jumbo and 8 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
Words of Whimsy & Grace
abecedary, addendum, ampersand, anachronism, avuncular, balderdash, barnacle, befuddle, behemoth, bejeebers, blabbermouth, blatherskite and 465 more...
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sputnik
canoodle, span, hasten, discombobulate, sputnik, clod, encrusted, spit-shine, zeitgeist, landslide, laid, cherish and 350 more...
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oddball
wackadoodlery.
( personal list )
related (from me):
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/onomatopoeias--1
bric-a-brac, succotash, humbucker, skedaddle, scallywag, sassafras, gadzooks, humdinger, hoity-toity, wishy-washy, namby-pamby, ding dong and 441 more...
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froseph's list
saritorial, pogrom, synecdoche, metonymy, tonsorial, prophylactic, ozymandias, nepenthe, tonsorial, tranche, allodium, allodial and 156 more...
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ash
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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let the wild rumpus start!
mischief of one kind...and another
tom foolery, caper, frolic, lark, rumpus, mischief, shenanigan, escapade, gambol, monkeyshine, revel, skylarking and 28 more...
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dakinigrl's Words
wamsutta, weimaraner, labradoodle, pliable, shiny, pony, consternation, plethora, peruse, buffoonery, bastard, absinthe and 64 more...
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words that jon likes
orthorexia, gastroenterologist, liquify, platypus, buffoonery, sockets, a'a, seersucker, bowdlerize, brouhaha, incendiary, aplomb and 8 more...
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