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buffoonery

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10 lettersPronunciation /bəˈfuːnəɹi/Part of speech nounSorted beffnooruyStarts with BEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. acting like a clown or buffoon

Word origin

From buffoon + -ery.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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