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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Buffoonery \Buf*foon"er*y\, n.; pl. Buffooneries. [F.
     bouffonnerie.]
     The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous
     pranks, vulgar tricks and postures.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Nor that it will ever constitute a wit to conclude a
           tart piece of buffoonery with a ``What makes you
           blush?''                                 --Spectator.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Buffoonery \Buf*foon"er*y\, n.; pl. Buffooneries. [F.
     bouffonnerie.]
     The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous
     pranks, vulgar tricks and postures.
  
           Nor that it will ever constitute a wit to conclude a
           tart piece of buffoonery with a ``What makes you
           blush?''                                 --Spectator.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  buffoonery
       n : acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: clowning, frivolity,
            harlequinade, prank]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  buffoonery
     Αγγλικά n.
     γελωτοποιία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  buffoonery
     alt.
     (alter en buffoonry) (qualifier: archaic)
     n.
     The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  buffoonery
     alt.
     (alter en buffoonry) (qualifier: archaic)
     n.
     The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  buffoonery
     alt.
     (alter en buffoonry) (qualifier: archaic)
     n.
     The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  buffoonery
     alt.
     (alter en buffoonry) (qualifier: archaic)
     n.
     The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Buffoonery /bəfˈuːnəɹi/
  التّهريج

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  buffoonery /bəfˈuːnəɹi/ 
  vtipkování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  buffoonery /bəfˈuːnəɹi/ 
  šaškování

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  buffoonery /bəfˈuːnəɹi/
   [silly] Affentheater , Affenzirkus , Affenkomödie  [ugs.]  [pej.]
     Synonyms: crazy business, charade, madhouse
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  buffoonery /bəfˈuːnəɹi/
  Herumgealbere , Herumalberei 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  buffoonery /bəfˈuːnəɹi/
  Posse 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  buffoonery //bəˈfuːnəɹi// 
  pelleily
  behaviour expected of a buffoon

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  buffoonery /bəfˈuːnəɹi/
  1. bolondozás
  2. bohóság
  3. bohóckodás

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "buffoonery":
     acting, asininity, banter, battiness, brainlessness, business,
     characterization, clownishness, crackpottedness, crankiness,
     craziness, daffiness, desipience, eccentricity, fatuity,
     fatuousness, folly, foolery, foolheadedness, fooling, foolishness,
     frivolity, frivolousness, gag, giddiness, goofiness, ham,
     hammy acting, harlequinade, hoke, hokum, horseplay, idiocy,
     imbecility, impersonation, inanity, ineptitude, insanity, lunacy,
     madness, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, mindlessness,
     monkeyshines, mummery, niaiserie, nugacity, nuttiness, overacting,
     pantomiming, patter, performance, performing, personation,
     playacting, playing, portrayal, projection, queerness,
     representation, sappiness, screwiness, senselessness, shenanigans,
     silliness, slapstick, stage business, stage directions,
     stage presence, stunt, stupidity, taking a role, thoughtlessness,
     tomfoolery, triflingness, triviality, wackiness, weirdness,
     witlessness, zaniness, zanyism
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.滑稽

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 打诨,滑稽

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