buffo
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
buffo /ˈbʊfəʊ/
▶noun (pl. buffos) a comic part or actor in Italian opera. ▶adjective of or typical of Italian comic opera.
– origin C18: Ital., ‘puff of wind, buffoon’.
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