buffoonery
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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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.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThis 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 | THE DAILY BEASTBy contrast, she does not know Hayworth, and owes him nothing (especially with all his political buffoonery).
In far too many cases, black studies very quickly became a hotbed of paranoid bunk and intellectual buffoonery.
The comic authors entertained spectators by fantastic and gross displays, by the exhibition of buffoonery and pantomime.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordThough dogs I never did care for keeping, because it goes with drinking, foulness, and buffoonery!
A Desperate Character and Other Stories | Ivan TurgenevThere 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 MartinHumour 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 EdgeworthJames 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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