Hypertext Webster Gateway: "buffoonery"
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) 1.7 (wn)
buffoonery
n : acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: {clowning}, {frivolity},
{harlequinade}, {prank}]
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