bouffon

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noun

A style of performance focused on mockery, associated with French theater.

OriginFrench bouffon →
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Meanings

nounbouffon (countable and uncountable, plural bouffons)

plural bouffons

  1. countableuncountableA style of performance focused on mockery, associated with French theater.
  2. countableA clown or buffoon character.

Origin

  1. Frenchbouffon
  2. Frenchbouffon
  3. Englishbouffon

Borrowed from French bouffon.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

buffoon
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APA

bouffon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bouffon

MLA

“bouffon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bouffon. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bouffon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bouffon.

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