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buffoonish

buffoonish adjective: characteristic of a buffoon.

Adjective

buffoonish (comparative more buffoonish, superlative most buffoonish)

  1. Characteristic of a buffoon.
    • Sisi once joked that he was a spy, drawing laughter from the rest because Segun with his habitual look of buffoonish imbecility, his mouth constantly hanging open, hands flailing, does not look smart enough to be a spy.2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters’ Street, Vintage (2010), pages 107-108

Forms of buffoonish

comparativemore buffoonish
superlativemost buffoonish

Origin of buffoonish

From buffoon + -ish.

Words formed from buffoonish

Questions about buffoonish

What does buffoonish mean?
Buffoonish means characteristic of a buffoon.
What part of speech is buffoonish?
Buffoonish is an adjective.

Words near buffoonish in the dictionary

  1. buffoonerous
  2. buffoonery
  3. buffoonesque
  4. buffoonic
  5. buffooning
  6. buffoonish
  7. buffoonishly
  8. buffoonism
  9. buffoonisms
  10. buffoonlike
  11. buffoonly

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