Buffoonery

Definitions

The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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; […]”

“[W]e ſet him [the Devil] up like⟳ a Scare-Crovv to fright Children and old VVomen, to fill⟳ up old Stories, make⟳ Songs and Ballads, and in a VVord, carry⟳ on the lovv priz'd Buffoonry of the common People; […]”

“[…] One could not expect⟳ any body to take⟳ such a part—Nothing but buffoonery from beginning to end⟳.”

“The Temperance Reform⟳ was too serious a matter⟳ for trifling jokes and buffooneries.”

“Preamble is a hard-boiled steel commuter built for comfort, durability, and buffoonery on pavement and gravel.”

CEFR level