Meaning of "buffoonery" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF BUFFOONERY

buffoonery  [bəˈfuːnərɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUFFOONERY

Buffoonery is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUFFOONERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Jester

A jester was a historical entertainer either employed to entertain a ruler or other nobility in medieval or Tudor times or was an itinerant performer who entertained common folk at fairs and markets. With the resurgent interest in historical re-enactment and living history jesters have now become a common sight at modern medieval themed events. Jesters in medieval times are often thought to have worn brightly coloured clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern and their modern counterparts usually mimic this costume. In medieval times jesters entertained with a wide variety of skills which could include songs, music, storytelling, acrobatics, juggling, and magic. Much of the entertainment was performed in a comic style and many jesters made contemporary jokes in word or song about people or events well known to their audiences.

Definition of buffoonery in the English dictionary

The definition of buffoonery in the dictionary is behaviour intended to make people laugh. Other definition of buffoonery is foolish behaviour.

SYNONYMS OF «BUFFOONERY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «buffoonery» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of buffoonery

clowning · drollery · jesting · malarkey · nonsense · silliness · tomfoolery · waggishness

TRANSLATION OF BUFFOONERY

Find out the translation of buffoonery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of buffoonery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «buffoonery» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 插科打诨
• Translator English - Spanish: bufonería
• English: buffoonery
• Translator English - Hindi: तमाशा
• Translator English - Arabic: الغباء
• Translator English - Russian: шутовство
• Translator English - Portuguese: bufonaria
• Translator English - Bengali: ভাঁড়ামি
• Translator English - French: bouffonnerie
• Translator English - Malay: Buffoonery
• Translator English - German: Clownerie
• Translator English - Japanese: おどけ
• Translator English - Korean: 익살
• Translator English - Javanese: Buffoonery
• Translator English - Vietnamese: trò hề
• Translator English - Tamil: buffoonery
• Translator English - Marathi: विदूषक
• Translator English - Turkish: soytarılık
• Translator English - Italian: buffoneria
• Translator English - Polish: błazenada
• Translator English - Ukrainian: блазнювання
• Translator English - Romanian: bufonerie
• Translator English - Greek: buffoonery
• Translator English - Afrikaans: grollen
• Translator English - Swedish: buffoonery
• Translator English - Norwegian: buffoonery

QUOTES WITH «BUFFOONERY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word buffoonery.

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Orla Brady

I went to Paris for a year in 1986 to study theatre; there was a lot of clowning around, buffoonery and fencing. It was then that my own style kind of blossomed.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUFFOONERY»

Discover the use of buffoonery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to buffoonery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Sheer Buffoonery: How Hospitals Kill Patients

'Sheer Buffoonery: How Hospitals Kill Patients? is a stunning, no-holds barred expose on the hospital industry. For the first time ever, a nurse exposes the shocking mismanagement, sheer incompetence and raw greed in our nation's hospitals.

Nurse X, 2006

Dr. Dropo's Juggling Buffoonery

People who want to develop an act for birthday parties or street corners will find this book a blessing.

Bruce Fife, 1988

Buffoonery in Irish Drama: Staging Twentieth-century ...

Demonstrating the pervasiveness of the reclamation efforts, Buffoonery in Irish Drama covers a wide range of well-known and obscure plays to show the trajectory of twentieth-century drama that brings us into a globalized twenty-first ...

Kathleen Heininge, 2009

Heliogabalus a Buffoonery in Three Acts

We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan, 2009

The Ends of Performance

^m. A. Fool's. Discourse: The. T". Buffoonery. Syndrome. O. Mady. Schutzman. HYSTERICAL EXCESS My body is sprawled out on a chaise longue. I wear a white suit shirt and brightly patterned tie overlaid with a skintight laced corset.

Peggy Phelan, Jill Lane, 1998

"Buffoonery and Easy Sentiment": Popular Irish Plays in the ...

In this fascinating reappraisal of the non-literary drama of the late 19th and early 20th century, Christopher Fitz-Simon discloses a unique world of plays, players, and producers in metropolitan theatres in Ireland and other countries, ...

Christopher Fitz-Simon, 2011

Narrative Ironies.

"TRANSCENDENTAL BUFFOONERY" AND THE BIFURCATED NOVEL Frederick Burwick Es gibt alte und moderne Gedichte, die durchgängig im Ganzen und iiberall den göttlichen Hauch der Ironie atmen. Es lebt in ihnen eine wirklich ...

Edited by Raymond A. Prier and Gerald Gillespie

Heliogabalus, a Buffoonery in Three Acts

Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

HardPress, Mencken H L 1880-1956, 2013

Heliogabalus, a Buffoonery in Three Acts

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Mencken, 2010

Heliogabalus, a Buffoonery in Three Acts - Primary Source ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

George Jean Nathan, H. L. 1880-1956 Mencken, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUFFOONERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term buffoonery is used in the context of the following news items.

Jim Webb brings a crucial voice to presidential race

On television and the Internet, Webb's announcement went all but unnoticed, buried by Donald Trump's buffoonery. Yet take Webb out of the ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»

Trump Card: The Donald Causes GOP Heartburn

Which makes some wonder why The Donald's apparently shameless, racist buffoonery has propelled him past the likes of “serious” candidates ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»

The Gambia: the challenge to not diverge from the important, the …

Yahya Jammeh intermittent bizarre clown shows, which strike most Gambians as needless buffoonery are, above all, extremely damaging to ... «Senegambia News, Jul 15»

'Kiss my grits!'

... just as there are no parents needed to explain Archie's racist buffoonery because the only people watching – have already seen the show! «Manteca Bulletin, Jul 15»

Editorial: Trump comments can't be ignored this time

When it came to Trump's recent buffoonery, condemning Mexican immigrants in the harshest of terms in his June 16 presidential ... «Las Cruces Sun-News, Jul 15»

OMG! What is Shahid Kapoor doing with these two men before his …

But we hope we're gonna see more of Shahid's judging and dancing on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded than his Ranveer Singh-like buffoonery. «India.com, Jul 15»

British Grand Prix 2015: Lewis Hamilton victory overshadows what …

... can ride a horse like few others but his practiced comedy schtick does not play out in a setting that better rewards expertise above buffoonery. «The Independent, Jul 15»

Film Review: 'April and the Extraordinary World'

... with over-zealous police inspector Pizoni (Bouli Lanners, balancing gruff menace with buffoonery) that leaves her an orphaned street urchin, ... «Variety, Jul 15»

Did you know? IIFA 2015 is Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor …

In fact, I challenge all the celeb BFFs out there to match their level of flamboyance, spontaneity and buffoonery. And that Ranveer and Arjun ... «Bollywood Life, Jul 15»

Manchester United's Louis van Gaal has gruelling pre-season 'boot …

Gone will be the joking buffoonery of Van Gaal at United's awards dinner. Instead, the manager is a man on a mission to ensure United mount a ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»