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buffoon
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[bəˈfuːn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a ridiculous but amusing person; a clown
(e.g: they are simply incompetent buffoons who have no idea what they are doing)
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Origin
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mid 16th century: from French bouffon, from Italian buffone, from medieval Latin buffo ‘clown’. Originally recorded as a rare Scots word for a kind of pantomime dance, the term later (late 16th century) denoted a professional jester
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