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What is the noun for buffoon?

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buffoon
  1. One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
  2. (pejorative) An unintentionally ridiculous person.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Along the same lines, there is an ad that features an incompetent buffoon who can't get his car stereo to work.”
      “It is certain also that he was the object also of much favor, enjoying privileges seldom if ever granted to the court buffoon.”
buffoonery
  1. foolishness, silliness; the behaviour expected of a buffoon.
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    1. “He resists with buffoonery on the set, peevish demands for attention, and displays of contempt for her direction.”
      “You have everything from Homer's buffoonery to the more complicated satire.”
      “The movement went to extremes in its use of buffoonery and provocative behaviour to shock and disrupt public complacency.”
buffoonism
  1. (rare, archaic) The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery.
buffoonry
  1. Archaic form of buffoonery.
buffoonisms
  1. plural of buffoonism
buffooneries
buffoonries
  1. plural of buffoonry
buffoons
  1. plural of buffoon
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  3. Examples:
    1. “However, before dismissing the generals as mere incompetent buffoons, we must establish the context.”
      “Other countries have survived limp, weakish buffoons in power and have recovered in the next regime.”
      “There must be thousands of gullible theatre-going buffoons who'd happily shell out for a piece of souvenir art.”
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