† scurrn.
Obsolete. rare.
A buffoon or jester.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > buffoon
sporter1531
Owlglassc1560
scogginist1593
scurr1596
hobby-horse1600
zany1606
buffoona1610
jack pudding?c1635
Owl-spieglea1637
droll1645
buffian1655
drollist1668
droller1676
merry-andrew1694
grotesque1864
harlequin1883
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 121 Bardis, scurris,..wt sik sort of persouns, lat skurge.
1823 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Scurr, a low blackguard.
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