BUFFOONERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buffoonery mean? 

• BUFFOONERY (noun)
  The noun BUFFOONERY has 1 sense:

1. acting like a clown or buffoon

  Familiarity information: BUFFOONERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUFFOONERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acting like a clown or buffoon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

buffoonery; clowning; frivolity; harlequinade; japery; prank

Hypernyms ("buffoonery" is a kind of...):

craziness; folly; foolery; indulgence; lunacy; tomfoolery (foolish or senseless behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "buffoonery"):

schtick; schtik; shtick; shtik ((Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning)

 Context examples 

Nothing but buffoonery from beginning to end. That might do, perhaps, but for the low parts.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)