buffoonery
/bəˈfuːnəɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Araminta, come I'll talk ſeriouſly to you now, could you but ſee vvith my Eyes the buffoonry of one Scene of Addreſs, a Lover, ſet out with all his Equipage and Appurtenances; […]"
- "[W]e ſet him [the Devil] up like a Scare-Crovv to fright Children and old VVomen, to fill up old Stories, make Songs and Ballads, and in a VVord, carry on the lovv priz'd Buffoonry of the common People; […]"
- "[…] One could not expect any body to take such a part—Nothing but buffoonery from beginning to end."
- "The Temperance Reform was too serious a matter for trifling jokes and buffooneries."
- "Preamble is a hard-boiled steel commuter built for comfort, durability, and buffoonery on pavement and gravel."
Etymology
Etymology tree English buffoon Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English buffoonery From buffoon + -ery.