balatron

balatron noun: a buffoon; one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterized by self-indulgence.

Noun

balatron (plural balatrons)

A buffoon; one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterized by self-indulgence.
- If we are "students of the Balatronic dialect" — a dialect so called from the "Balatrons" or professional buffons who invented most of it — we shall perhaps refer to its users as: — "Blunderkins, having their heads stuffed with nought but balderdash.1927, The Dalhousie Review - Volume 7, page 65
- His fat body shook like a balatron, as if his soul, biting for anger at a mouth inadequately circumferential, desired in vain to fret a passage through it.1981, Alexander Theroux, Darconville's cat, page 32

But he did not want to look a complete balatron in front of the Rabbi.1990, Christopher Maslanka, The Guardian Book of Puzzles, →ISBN, page 52:
Anyone who discounts the peril is a self-important, arrogant balatron.2015, Peter N. Milligan, Bulls Before Breakfast, →ISBN, page 87:

plural	balatrons

From Latin balatrō (“jester, buffoon”). Cognate with Galician baladrón, Spanish baladrón, both meaning "braggart".

What does balatron mean?: Balatron means a buffoon; one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterized by self-indulgence.
How do you use balatron in a sentence?: But he did not want to look a complete balatron in front of the Rabbi.
What part of speech is balatron?: Balatron is a noun.
What is the plural of balatron?: The plural of balatron is balatrons.

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