Buffoonry

Synonyms for "buffoonry" (90 found)

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acting asininity banter battiness brainlessness business characterization clownishness crackpottedness crankiness craziness daffiness desipience eccentricity fatuity fatuousness folly

Noun(1 words)

clowning

Strong matches (27)

foolery foolheadedness fooling foolishness frivolity frivolousness gag giddiness goofiness ham hammy acting harlequinade hoke hokum horseplay idiocy imbecility impersonation inanity ineptitude

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insanity lunacy madness mimesis

Noun(3 words)

frivolity harlequinade japery

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[W]e ſet him [the Devil] up like a Scare-Crovv to fright Children and old VVomen, to fill up old Stories, make Songs and Ballads, and in a VVord, carry on the lovv priz'd Buffoonry of the common People; […]

Source: wiktionary

[We] have […] a strong inclination to make a farce of it, and mingle buffoonry with the most serious scenes.

Source: wiktionary

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