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
- came a cropper
- came about
- came across
- came across (as)
- came across as
- came after
- came again
- came along
- came along for the ride
- came around
- came at
- came away from
- came back
- came between
- came by
- came clean
- came clean (about)
- came clean about
- came down
- came down (with)
- came down hard
- came down hard (on)
- came down hard on
- came down on
- came down on us like a ton of bricks