buffoonery

[ buh-foo-nuh-ree ]

/ bəˈfu nə ri /

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noun

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.

coarse or undignified joking:The managers perceived my buffoonery as a barely concealed way of calling them pretentious—and they weren’t altogether wrong.

silly, foolish, or unseemly behavior:It’s hard to top the current governor's race if you like your politics laced with outrageous buffoonery.

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Origin of buffoonery

buffoon + -ery

Words nearby buffoonery

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How to use buffoonery in a sentence

I loved that the guys were so charmingly incompetent and self-deprecating in some areas, without being feckless buffoons.
The 10 Best Movies Based on a True Story|TIME Staff|November 19, 2020|Time
Her vocal reactionary buffoonery has become part of Israel's political entertainment.
Why Israel Couldn't Contain Prisoner X Story|Dan Goldenblatt|February 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This CNN clip taken on a flooded street on Long Island serves up a buffet of buffoonery.
Hurricane Sandy’s Biggest Idiots: Jet Skiing on the Hudson & More (VIDEO)|Kevin Fallon|October 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
By contrast, she does not know Hayworth, and owes him nothing (especially with all his political buffoonery).
Why Palin Drives Us All Mad|Tunku Varadarajan|March 31, 2010|DAILY BEAST

In far too many cases, black studies very quickly became a hotbed of paranoid bunk and intellectual buffoonery.
The End of 'Bad Boy' Thinking|Stanley Crouch|November 20, 2008|DAILY BEAST
The comic authors entertained spectators by fantastic and gross displays, by the exhibition of buffoonery and pantomime.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
Though dogs I never did care for keeping, because it goes with drinking, foulness, and buffoonery!
A Desperate Character and Other Stories|Ivan Turgenev
There is a gravity behind his buffoonery, and a secret sympathy with his butts.
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume I (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin
Humour she really possessed; and when she chose it, she could be diverting to those who like buffoonery in women.
Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10)|Maria Edgeworth
James I. gave all manner of liberty and encouragement to the exercise of buffoonery, and took great delight in it himself.
The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes|Various

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