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buffoonry

buffoonry is the archaic form of buffoonery.

Meaning of buffoonery

Noun

buffoonery (countable and uncountable, plural buffooneries)

  1. The behavior of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.
    • Araminta, come I'll talk ſeriouſly to you now, could you but ſee vvith my Eyes the buffoonry of one Scene of Addreſs, a Lover, ſet out with all his Equipage and Appurtenances; […]1693, Will[iam] Congreve, The Old Batchelour, a Comedy. […], London: […] Peter Buck, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene [ii], page 14

Forms of buffoonry

pluralbuffoonries

Origin of buffoonry

From buffoon + -ry.

Questions about buffoonry

What is buffoonry the archaic form of?
Buffoonry is the archaic form of buffoonery.

Words near buffoonry in the dictionary

  1. buffoonism
  2. buffoonisms
  3. buffoonlike
  4. buffoonly
  5. buffoonries
  6. buffoonry
  7. buffoons
  8. Bufford
  9. Buffords
  10. buffos
  11. buffs

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