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buffonize

buffonize verb: to act as a buffoon.

Verb

buffonize (third-person singular simple present buffonizes, present participle buffonizing, simple past and past participle buffonized)

  1. (dated, obsolete, rare) To act as a buffoon.

Forms of buffonize

third-person singular presentbuffonizes
present participlebuffonizing
past participlebuffonized
pastbuffonized

Origin of buffonize

buffoon + -ize

Questions about buffonize

What does buffonize mean?
Buffonize means to act as a buffoon.
What part of speech is buffonize?
Buffonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of buffonize?
The past tense of buffonize is buffonized.

Words near buffonize in the dictionary

  1. buffodine
  2. buffon
  3. Buffon's needle problem
  4. Buffone
  5. Buffones
  6. buffonize
  7. buffonized
  8. buffonizes
  9. buffonizing
  10. buffons
  11. buffont

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