† buffian Obs.
[? variant of buffoon, suggested by ruffian.]
= buffoon. Hence buffianism, buffoonery.
| 1655 Comic. Hist. Francion x. 13 It becometh not a man of my Learning to be so great a Buffian. 1596 Nashe Have with you, &c. M iv b, No buffianisme throughout his whole bookes, but they bolstered out his part with. |