gracioso
noun
gra·ci·o·so ˌgrä-sē-ˈō-(ˌ)sō 
-(ˌ)zō
plural graciosos
: a buffoon in Spanish comedy
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The same praise could be heaped upon Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso, which opened the evening. 
Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017
Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017 Word History
Etymology
Spanish, from gracioso, adjective, agreeable, amusing, from Latin gratiosus
First Known Use
1749, in the meaning defined above
graciosos
noun
as in scaramouches
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- scaramouches
- jesters
- antics
- motleys
- madcaps
- cutups
- fools
- mimes
- pantaloons
- clowns
- harlequins
- farceurs
- gaggers
- buffoons
- drolls
- top bananas
- mummers
- mimics
- funnymen
- buffos
- gagmen
- humorists
- second bananas
- buffi
- comedians
- jokesters
- zanies
- merry-andrews
- gagsters
- comics
- wags
- comediennes
- wits
- jokers
- stand-ups
- put someone off his stride
- put someone off his stroke
- put someone on a pedestal
- put someone on to
- put someone or something in the shade
- put someone or something through her paces
- put someone or something through his paces
- put someone or something through its paces
- put someone or something to shame
- put someone or something to the test
- put someone out of a job
- put someone out of work
- put someone out to grass
- put someone straight
- put someone to flight
- put someone to the sword
- put someone up to
- put someone wise to
- put someone's back up
- put someone's mind at ease
- put someone's mind at rest
- put someone's name down
- put something behind
- put something behind oneself
- put something down to