English-Thai Dictionary

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

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

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

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

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 ).

 

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 .