buffoon
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buffoon
- /bəˈfuːn/
Rhymes with -uːn
Where it comes from
From Middle French bouffon, from Italian buffone (“jester”), from buffare (“to puff out the cheeks”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Middle High German buffen ("to puff"; > German büffen), Old English pyffan (“to breathe out, blow with the mouth”). More at English puff.
noun buffoons
- One who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool. To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances.
- An unintentionally ridiculous person.
verb buffoons · buffooning · buffooned
- To behave like a buffoon His mimicry of gay speech and facial expressions is analogous to an Amos 'n' Andy routine, in which white men buffooned their way through incredibly demeaning impersonations of black men.
