Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

balatron

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bal-a-tron
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A buffoon; one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterized by self-indulgence.

Example Sentences

"If we are "students of the Balatronic dialect" — a dialect so called from the "Balatrons" or professional buffons who invented most of it — we shall perhaps refer to its users as: — "Blunderkins, having their heads stuffed with nought but balderdash."
"His fat body shook like a balatron, as if his soul, biting for anger at a mouth inadequately circumferential, desired in vain to fret a passage through it."
"But he did not want to look a complete balatron in front of the Rabbi."
"Anyone who discounts the peril is a self-important, arrogant balatron."

Etymology

From Latin balatrō (“jester, buffoon”). Cognate with Galician baladrón, Spanish baladrón, both meaning "braggart".

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: balatrō

Inflected Forms

balatrons (plural)

Derived Forms

balatronic

Questions

What does balatron mean?: A buffoon; one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterized by self-indulgence.
Where does balatron come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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