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bouffon

bouffon noun: a style of performance focused on mockery, associated with French theater.

Noun

bouffon (countable and uncountable, plural bouffons)

  1. A style of performance focused on mockery, associated with French theater.
  2. (countable) A clown or buffoon character.

Forms of bouffon

pluralbouffons

Origin of bouffon

Borrowed from French bouffon.

Questions about bouffon

What does bouffon mean?
Bouffon means a style of performance focused on mockery, associated with French theater.
What part of speech is bouffon?
Bouffon is a noun.
What is the plural of bouffon?
The plural of bouffon is bouffons.

Words near bouffon in the dictionary

  1. Bouffards
  2. bouffe
  3. bouffed
  4. bouffes
  5. bouffing
  6. bouffon
  7. bouffons
  8. bouffy
  9. bouffée délirante
  10. bougainvilia
  11. bougainvilias

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