gracioso

plural graciosos

1. obsoleteA court favourite.First known use 17th c.
2. entertainmentA clown or jester in early-modern Spanish comedy.First known use 18th c.

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   I ſhall never ceaſe to wonder that the Engliſh, who are certainly a ſenſible and diſcerning people ſhould be ſo much infatuated, as to applaud and careſs with the moſt extravagant approbation, not to ſay adoration and regard, one or two gracioſo's, who, I will be bold to ſay, would ſcarce be able to earn their bread by their talents, on any other theatre under the ſun.

   1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter LV, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume II, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 137–138