† buˈffoonly, a. Obs.
Also buffonly.
[f. as prec. + -ly1.]
= buffoonish.
| 1607 Chapman Bussy D'Amb. i, Your Buffonly laughters will cost yee the best blood in your bodies. 1650 R. Stapylton Strada's Low-C. Warres ix. 41 A buffoonly Calvinist, who thought himself a Wit. 1684 Goodman Winter Ev. Confer. i. (R.) Apish tricks and buffoonly discourse. |