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▪ I. buˈffooning, vbl. n. [f. buffoon v. + -ing1.] The action of playing the buffoon; low jesting, buffoonery. Also attrib.a 1672 Wood Life (1848) 43 Mirth..buffooning and bantering. 1811 Byron Let. to Mr. Dallas 21 Aug., The two stanzas of a buffooning cast..are as well left out.▪ II. buˈffooning, ...
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buffoon
▪ I. buffoon, n. (bəˈfuːn) Forms: 6–7 buffon(e, -onne, -oun, oone, bouffon, boufoon, 7– buffoon. [a. F. buffon, bouffon, a. It. buffone buffoon, f. buffa a jest, connected with buffare to puff; Tommaseo and Bellini consider the sense of ‘jest’ to be developed from that of ‘puff of wind’, applied fig...
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Roméo et Juliette (Berlioz)
passing how he would compose music for the Roméo et Juliette story: it would feature, he says, the sword fight, a concert of love, Mercutio's piquant buffooning
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