Buffoonish

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of a buffoon.

    "Sisi once joked that he was a spy, drawing laughter from the rest because Segun with his habitual look of buffoonish imbecility, his mouth constantly hanging open, hands flailing, does not look smart enough to be a spy."

Adjective
  1. 1
    like a clown wordnet

Example

More examples

"Sisi once joked that he was a spy, drawing laughter from the rest because Segun with his habitual look of buffoonish imbecility, his mouth constantly hanging open, hands flailing, does not look smart enough to be a spy."

Etymology

From buffoon + -ish.

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