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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
buffoon /bəˈfuːn/

▶noun a ridiculous but amusing person.

– derivatives
buffoonery noun (pl. buffooneries),
buffoonish adjective.

– origin C16: from Fr. bouffon, from Ital. buffone, from med. L. buffo ‘clown’.

'buffoon' also found in these Oxford entries:

buffo - droll - mask - merry andrew - punch - scurrilous

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