English-Thai Dictionary
buffo
N นักแสดง ตลก ผู้ชาย nak-sa-daeng-ta-lok-poo-chai
buffoon
N คน เล่นตลก หยาบๆ kon-len-ta-lok-yab-yab
buffoonery
N การแสดง ตลก karn-sa-daeng-ta-lok
buffoonly
A อย่าง ตลกขบขัน yarng-ta-lok-khob-khan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BUFFON
n.The Numidian crane, an African fowl.
BUFFOON
n. 1. A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures and posture, jokes and other vulgar pleasantries. A droll; a mimic.
2. He that uses indecent raillery.
BUFFOON
v.t.To make ridiculous.
BUFFOONERY
n.The arts and practices of a buffoon; low jests; ridiculous pranks; vulgar tricks and postures. Dryden has placed the accent improperly on the first syllable.
BUFFOONING
n.Buffoonery.
BUFFOONISH
a.Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gesture.
BUFFOONISM
n.The practices of a buffoon.
BUFFOON-LIKE
a.Resembling a buffoon.
BUFFOONLY
a.Consisting of low vulgar tricks. [Little used. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BUFFO
Buf "fo, n.masc. Etym: [It. See Buffoon. ] (Mus. )
Defn: The comic actor in an opera.
BUFFOON
Buf *foon ", n. Etym: [F. bouffon (cf. It. buffone, buffo, buffa, puff of wind, vanity, nonsense, trick ), fr. bouffer to puff out, because the buffoons puffed out their cheeks for the amusement of the spectators. See Buffet a blow. ]
Defn: A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc. ; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.
BUFFOON
BUFFOON Buf *foon ", a.
Defn: Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon. "Buffoon stories." Macaulay. To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances. Melmoth.
BUFFOON
BUFFOON Buf *foon ", v. i.
Defn: To act the part of a buffoon. [R.]
BUFFOON
BUFFOON Buf *foon ", v. t.
Defn: To treat with buffoonery. Glanvill.
BUFFOONERY
Buf *foon "er *y, n.; pl. Buffooneries. Etym: [F. bouffonnerie. ]
Defn: The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures. Nor that it will ever constitute a wit to conclude a tart piece of buffoonery with a "What makes you blush " Spectator.
BUFFOONISH
BUFFOONISH Buf *foon "ish, a.
Defn: Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gestures. Blair.
BUFFOONISM
BUFFOONISM Buf *foon "ism, n.
Defn: The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery.
BUFFOONLY
BUFFOONLY Buf *foon "ly, a.
Defn: Low; vulgar. [R.] Apish tricks and buffoonly discourse. Goodman.
New American Oxford Dictionary
buffo
buf fo |ˈbo͞ofō ˈbufoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. buffos ) a comic actor in Italian opera or a person resembling such an actor. ▶adjective of or typical of Italian comic opera: a buffo character. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: Italian, ‘puff of wind, buffoon, ’ from buffare ‘to puff, ’ of imitative origin.
Buffon, Comte de
Buf fon, Comte de |bYˈfôN buˈfɔn | (1707 –88 ), French naturalist; born Georges-Louis Leclerc. A founder of paleontology, he emphasized the unity of all living species, minimizing the apparent differences between animals and plants. His compilation of the animal kingdom, the Histoire Naturelle, reached 36 volumes by the time of his death.
buffoon
buf foon |bəˈfo͞on bəˈfun | ▶noun a ridiculous but amusing person; a clown. DERIVATIVES buf foon ish adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French bouffon, from Italian buffone, from medieval Latin buffo ‘clown. ’ Originally recorded as a rare Scots word for a kind of pantomime dance, the term later (late 16th cent. ) denoted a professional jester.
buffoonery
buf foon er y |bəˈfo͞onərē bəˈfunəri | ▶noun ( pl. buffooneries ) behavior that is ridiculous but amusing.
Oxford Dictionary
buffo
buffo |ˈbʊfəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. buffos ) a comic actor in Italian opera. ▶adjective of or typical of Italian comic opera: a buffo character. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: Italian, ‘puff of wind, buffoon ’, from buffare ‘to puff ’, of imitative origin.
Buffon, Comte de
Buf ¦fon |ˈbuːfɒn, French byfɔ̃ | (1707 –88 ), French naturalist; born Georges-Louis Leclerc. A founder of palaeontology, he emphasized the unity of all living species, minimizing the apparent differences between animals and plants. He produced a compilation of the animal kingdom, the Histoire Naturelle, which had reached thirty-six volumes by the time of his death.
buffoon
buffoon |bəˈfuːn | ▶noun a ridiculous but amusing person; a clown. DERIVATIVES buffoonish adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French bouffon, from Italian buffone, from medieval Latin buffo ‘clown ’. Originally recorded as a rare Scots word for a kind of pantomime dance, the term later (late 16th cent. ) denoted a professional jester.
buffoonery
buf ¦foon |ery |bəˈfuːnəri | ▶noun ( pl. buffooneries ) [ mass noun ] behaviour that is ridiculous but amusing.
American Oxford Thesaurus
buffoon
buffoon noun 1 archaic the king's buffoon: clown, jester, fool, comic, comedian, wag, wit, merry andrew, harlequin, Punchinello, Pierrot. 2 they regarded him as a buffoon: fool, idiot, dolt, dunce, dunderhead, dullard, ignoramus, dummy, simpleton, jackass; informal chump, blockhead, jughead, boob, bozo, doofus, nincompoop, numbskull, numbnuts, dope, twit, nitwit, halfwit, birdbrain. See also ass (sense 2 ).
Oxford Thesaurus
buffoon
buffoon noun 1 archaic Feste the buffoon. See fool (sense 3 of the noun ). 2 he regarded the chaplain as a buffoon. See fool (sense 1 of the noun ).
Duden Dictionary
Buffo
Buf fo Substantiv, maskulin , der |B u ffo |der Buffo; Genitiv: des Buffos, Plural: die Buffos und Buffi italienisch buffo, zu: buffone = Hanswurst, Possenreißer, zu: buffare = prusten, mit vollen Backen blasen, lautmalend Sänger komischer Rollen in der Oper
buffonesk
buf fo nesk Adjektiv |buffon e sk |im Stil eines Buffos ausgeführt
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
buffoon
buf foon /bəfúːn /名詞 C ⦅やや古 ⦆道化者 (clown )▸ play the buffoon おどける ~er y /-n (ə )ri /名詞 U ⦅古 ⦆おどけ .