buffoonery

buf·foon

B0534200 (bə-fo͞on′)n.1. A clown; a jester: a court buffoon.2. A person given to clowning and joking.3. A ludicrous or bumbling person; a fool.

[French bouffon, from Old Italian buffone, from buffa, jest, from buffare, to puff, of imitative origin.]

buf·foon′er·y (bə-fo͞o′nə-rē) n.

Thesaurus

Noun

buffoonery - acting like a clown or buffoon clowning, harlequinade, japery, prank, frivolityfoolery, tomfoolery, lunacy, craziness, folly, indulgence - foolish or senseless behaviorschtick, schtik, shtick, shtik - (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning; "his shtik made us laugh"

buffoonery

noun clowning, nonsense, jesting, silliness, tomfoolery, drollery, waggishness music hall buffoonery

Translations

buffonatapagliacciataбуффонада

Buffoonery

an acting technique that is usually found in comedies. It is characterized by the performer’s striving to maximally emphasize the external distinctive features of the character and by extreme exaggeration. Buffoonery developed in the popular open-air theaters of mimes and minstrels-cum-clowns. It was used in the Italian commediadell’arte and penetrated into the dramaturgy of J. B. Molière, C. Goldoni, A. V. Sukhovo-Kobylin, V. V. Mayakovsky, and other writers. la. D. Shumskii, A. G. Ozhogin, and V. I. Zhivokini were masters of buffoonery in the Russian prerevolutionary theater. Soviet masters include G. M. Iaron and V. Ia. Khenkin. Buffoonery is particularly popular in the circus.

buffoonery

noun

Synonyms for buffoonery

noun clowning

Synonyms

clowning
nonsense
jesting
silliness
tomfoolery
drollery
waggishness

Synonyms for buffoonery

noun acting like a clown or buffoon

Synonyms

clowning
harlequinade
japery
prank
frivolity

Related Words

foolery
tomfoolery
lunacy
craziness
folly
indulgence
schtick
schtik
shtick
shtik

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