buffoonery

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

buffoonery

/bəˈfuːnəɹi/ Canada

noun buffooneries · buffoonry

countable, uncountable The behavior of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness. Araminta, come I'll talk ſeriouſly to you now, could you but ſee vvith my Eyes the buffoonry of one Scene of Addreſs, a Lover, ſet out with all his Equipage and Appurtenances; […]

Translations

Every language

noun behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness, clownery

Español	bufonería, bufonada
Deutsch	Clownerie, Hanswursterei, Hanswurstiade, Possenreißerei
Italiano	pagliacciata
Русский	буффона́да buffonáda, фигля́рство figljárstvo, клоуна́да klounáda, шутовство́ šutovstvó

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

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

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX

@misc{buffoonery_2026,
  title = {buffoonery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buffoonery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}