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Meaning of buffoonry | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Archaic form of buffoonery.

alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable

Examples

“[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; […]”
“[We] have […] a strong inclination to make a farce of it, and mingle buffoonry with the most serious scenes.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Buffoons Bufford Buffs buffster buffty Buffum

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