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One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
The comic actor in an opera.
To treat with buffoonery.
To act the part of a buffoon.
Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon.
A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.
of Buffoonery
The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures.
Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gestures.
The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery.
Low; vulgar.
Resembling, or characterized by, buff.
A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads.
An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations; toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad.
A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.
A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.
An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (C. lectularius). See Bedbug.
Alt. of Bugbear