buffoonery
Americannoun
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amusement by means of usually physical or visual tricks, jokes, etc..
The play swings from absurd buffoonery to high tragedy, with kinetic physicality, silliness, swords, and live music.
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coarse or undignified joking.
The managers perceived my buffoonery as a barely concealed way of calling them pretentious—and they weren’t altogether wrong.
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silly, foolish, or unseemly behavior.
It’s hard to top the current governor's race if you like your politics laced with outrageous buffoonery.
Etymology
Origin of buffoonery
Example Sentences
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Scenes like that don’t strike fear in anyone; they just expose the buffoonery behind the bravura.
From Los Angeles Times
There are early signs of buffoonery involving a maternal wig.
From Los Angeles Times
His mixture of insult, ressentiment, and buffoonery is a work of genius.
From Salon
There are no gilded gates here, but there is one heck of a party, complete with serenading busts, ballroom dancers, excitable opera singers, drunken buffoonery and portraits locked in an endless duel.
From Los Angeles Times
"More Cowbell" sets the bar for the kind of meticulously curated buffoonery people want from the show and any tribute marking its 50 years in business.
From Salon
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