— buffoonery /beuh fooh"neuh ree/ , n. — buffoonish , adj.
/beuh foohn"/ , n.
1. a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc.
2. a person given to coarse or undignified joking.
[ 1540-50; earlier buffon buffone, equiv. to buff- (expressive base; cf. buffa puff of breath, buffare to puff, puff up one's checks) + -one agent suffix -o, acc. -onem ]
Syn. 1. jester, clown, fool. 2. boor.