buffoon
noun
a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc.
buffoons
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pluralof buffoon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This is old craft, passed down by far more charismatic heels, but you don’t get to select your generation’s buffoons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
Where sitcom fathers have tended to be either impossibly perfect or buffoons, Flaherty imbued Harold Weir with comic dignity, no less dignified for being comic, nor comic for being dignified — an imperfect perfect father.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
I think it's important to let them talk, because when you realize that buffoons really don't really have a point.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
They are not, though, always dissimilar onscreen, and in far too many movies, they tend to fall into reliably distinct camps of gaudy buffoons, heroic saviors or unrepentant villains.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2022
Josh and Luis just laugh like buffoons until Ashley says it’s time for our break.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
