buffoonery
11buffoonery — n. Jesting (of a low sort), mummery, foolery, tomfoolery, harlequinade, low pranks, vulgar tricks …
12buffoonery — buf·foon·ery …
13buffoonery — See: buffoon …
14buffoonery — noun acting like a clown or buffoon • Syn: ↑clowning, ↑japery, ↑frivolity, ↑harlequinade, ↑prank • Derivationally related forms: ↑frivolous (for: ↑frivoli …
15Buffooneries — 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… …
16buffoon — buffoonery /beuh fooh neuh ree/, n. buffoonish, adj. /beuh foohn /, n. 1. a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc. 2. a person given to coarse or undignified joking. [1540 50; earlier buffon < F < It buffone,… …
17Feast of Fools — • A celebration marked by much license and buffoonery, which in many parts of Europe, and particularly in France, during the later middle ages took place every year on or about the feast of the Circumcision (1 Jan.) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …
18Satire — This article is about the genre. For the mythological creature, see satyr. Satires redirects here. For other uses, see Satires (disambiguation). 1867 edition of Punch, a ground breaking British magazine of popular humour, including a great deal… …
19Osamu Dazai — In this Japanese name, the family name is Dazai . Osamu Dazai Dazai Osamu Born 19 June 1909(1909 06 19) Kanagi, Aomori, Japan …
20Ancient Greek comedy — Detail, side A from a Silician red figured calyx krater (c. 350 BC–340 BC). Ancient Greek comedy was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece (the others being tragedy and the satyr play). Athenian comedy …
