BUFFOON, BUFFOONERY
ADJECTIVES
1859 — HARLEQUINADISH of the nature of a harlequinade
NOUNS
1325 — HARLOTRY buffoonery, jesting; ribaldry, scurrility, scurrilous talk; obscene talk or behaviour → obs.
1828 — HARLEQUINADE buffoonery; fantastic procedure
NOUNS, PERSON
1175 — JUGGLER one who entertains or amuses people by stories, songs, buffoonery, tricks, etc.; a jester, a buffoon → obs.
1340 — HARLOT a buffoon, an itinerant jester, a juggler; one who tells or does something to raise a laugh → obs.
1584 — WAG a buffoon; a jester; a habitual joker; a merry droll; anyone ludicrously mischievous
1589 — OWL-GLASS a jester, a buffoon
1596 — BALADINE — BALLADINE a buffoon; a theatrical dancer; a mountebank → arch.
1596 — LERICOMPOOP a buffoon; an oaf → arch.
1596 — ZANY a buffoon or professional jester in general → arch.
1623 — BALATRON — BALATROON — BALLATRON a buffoon; a jester; a babbling, prating fellow; a vain talking fellow → obs.
1631 — MACAROON a buffoon; a stupid or foolish person; an affected blockhead; a ridiculous or doltish person → obs.
1648 — JACK-PUDDING a buffoon; a clown; a merry-andrew; esp. one attending on a mountebank → arch.
1650 — TOM FOOL a buffoon; a butt or a laughingstock
1672 — MAMAMOUCHI a buffoon; a pompous-sounding title; one who assumes such a title
1689 — TOM TRAM a buffoon; a jester
1785 — HARLEQUINESS a female harlequin
1790 — BALLITRAUNT a buffoon; a foolish person; used as a term of contempt → Eng. dial. obs.
1825 — GAMF — GAMPH — GOMF a buffoon; an empty-headed fellow who makes a great deal of noisy mirth → Sc.
1825 — GAWMP a buffoon → Sc.
1835 — MERRY-MAN a buffoon; a clown; a merry-andrew → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1855 — MOLL-ANDREW a buffoon; a merry-Andrew; a clown; one who entertains people with antics and buffoonery → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1864 — GROTESQUE a clown, buffoon
1867 — HARLEQUINA a female harlequin
1883 — HARLEQUIN a buffoon; a fantastic fellow
1884 — JERRY-GO-NIMBLE a buffoon; an antic → sl.
1894 — TABARIN a buffoon; a merry-Andrew, a jester (Bk.)
1895 — ANTIC a buffoon; a clown → Amer. dial
..20C — GAMFRAL — GAMFRIL — GAMFUL a buffoon; a fool → sl.
1900 — GAMP a buffoon; an empty-headed, noisy fellow → Sc. (Bk.)
1902 — JAPES a jester or buffoon; a jackanapes → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — SPAE a buffoon; a wag; a mimic → Sc. (Bk.)
1982 — YUKEL a buffoon → Jewish (Bk.)
VERBS
1377 — JUGGLE to amuse or entertain people with jesting, buffoonery, tricks, etc. → obs.
1788 — HARLEQUINADE to play the buffoon or harlequin; to act fantastically