'Buffoonery' definitions:
Definition of 'buffoonery'
(from WordNet)
noun
Definition of 'Buffoonery'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'buffoonery'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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