buffoon

(bə-fūn')
n.

1. A clown; a jester: a court buffoon.
2. A person given to clowning and joking.
3. A ludicrous or bumbling person; a fool.

[French bouffon, from Old Italian buffone, from buffa, jest, from buffare, to puff, of imitative origin.]

buffoonery buf·foon'er·y (bə-fū'nə-rē) n.

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IN BRIEF: n. - Acting like a clown..

...buffoonery and grandstanding on all sides has to give way to purposive action — http://www.atimes.com/editor/BC31Ba01.html

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For a list of words related to buffoonery, see:

• Entertainments and Spectacles - buffoonery: clown show
• Foolishness, Bunkum, and Trifles

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - klovn, dummepeter

Nederlands (Dutch)
clown, hansworst

Français (French)
n. - bouffon, pitre, clown

Deutsch (German)
n. - Clown

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γελωτοποιός, παλιάτσος, (μτφ.) καραγκιόζης, γελοίος

Italiano (Italian)
buffone

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bufão (m)

Русский (Russian)
шут, фигляр

Español (Spanish)
n. - payaso, bufón

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pajas, gycklare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小丑

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小丑

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 광대

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 道化, 下卑た冗談を言う者, 道化師
v. - おどける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مهرج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוקיון, ליצן‬

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