buffoon

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BUFFOON',noun 1. A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures and posture, jokes and other vulgar pleasantries. A droll; a mimic. 2. He that uses indecent raillery. BUFFOON', noun verb transitive To make ridiculous.
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