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plural buffoons
One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool. quotations examples
To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances.
1810, W. Melmoth, transl., Letters of Pliny
(derogatory) An unintentionally ridiculous person. examples
third-person singular simple present buffoons, present participle buffooning, simple past and past participle buffooned
To behave like a buffoon quotations examples
His mimicry of gay speech and facial expressions is analagous to an Amos 'n' Andy routine, in which white men buffooned their way through incredibly demeaning impersonations of black men.
1988 January 22, Henry Sheehan, “Little Boy Blue”, in Chicago Reader