Part 1451

<h1>Buffo</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf"fo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.masc.</tt> <ety>[It. See <er>Buffoon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The comic actor in an opera.</def>

<h1>Buffoon</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf*foon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bouffon</ets> (cf. It. <ets>buffone</ets>, <ets>buffo</ets>, <ets>buffa</ets>, puff of wind, vanity, nonsense, trick), fr. <ets>bouffer</ets> to puff out, because the buffoons puffed out their cheeks for the amusement of the spectators. See <er>Buffet</er> a blow.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Buffoon</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf*foon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon.</def> "<i>Buffoon</i> stories."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<blockquote>To divert the audience with <b>buffoon</b> postures and antic dances. <i>Melmoth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Buffoon</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf*foon"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To act the part of a buffoon.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Buffoon</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf*foon"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To treat with buffoonery.</def>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<h1>Buffoonery</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf*foon"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Buffooneries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>bouffonnerie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures.</def>

<blockquote>Nor that it will ever constitute a wit to conclude a tart piece of <b>buffoonery</b> with a "What makes you blush?" <i>Spectator.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Buffoonish</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf*foon"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gestures.</def>

<i>Blair.</i>

<h1>Buffoonism</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf*foon"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery.</def>

<h1>Buffoonly</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buf*foon"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Low; vulgar.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Apish tricks and <b>buffoonly</b> discourse. <i>Goodman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Buffy</h1> <Xpage=189>

<hw>Buff"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Resembling, or characterized by, buff.</def>

<cs><col>Buffy coat</col>, <cd>the coagulated plasma of blood when the red corpuscles have so settled out that the coagulum appears nearly colorless. This is common in diseased conditions where the corpuscles run together more rapidly and in denser masses than usual.</cd></cs>

<i>Huxley.</i>