Buffoonish
adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 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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