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Buffoon

A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.

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Comedian 76% connected

An actor or player in comedy.

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Comic 76% connected

Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.

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Fool 76% connected

A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.

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Sap 76% connected

The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

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Saphead 76% connected

A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop.

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Tomfool 76% connected

A great fool; a trifler.

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Fool 76% connected

A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.

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Harlequin 76% connected

A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; origi…

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Jester 76% connected

A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.

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Pantaloon 76% connected

A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes.

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Zany 76% connected

A merry-andrew; a buffoon.

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Clown 92% connected

A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.

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goofball 92% connected

A silly or foolish person

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