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bouffon

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Borrowed from French bouffon.

noun bouffons

countable, uncountable A style of performance focused on mockery, associated with French theater.
countable A clown or buffoon character.

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"bouffon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bouffon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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bouffon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bouffon

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"bouffon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bouffon.

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@misc{bouffon_2026,
  title = {bouffon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bouffon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}