buffoonery

Synonyymisanakirja

buffoonery

mielettömyys, hulluttelu, typeryys, hulluus, halujen tyydyttäminen, hölmöily, hullutus, ilveily, pelleily, pilailu, leikinlasku, narripeli, kujeilu, shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick.

Rimmaavat sanat

buffoonery rimmaa näiden kanssa:

henry, sherry, sorry, curry, kärry, ostoskärry, peräkärry, country, jury, treasury...

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Englannin sanakirja

buffoonery (englanti > suomi)

1. pelleily

buffoonery englanniksi

1. foolishness, silliness; the behaviour expected of a buffoon.

2. 1693: William Congreve, The Old Bachelor

Araminta, come, I'll talk seriously to you now; could you but see with my eyes the buffoonery of one scene of address, a lover, set out with all his equipage and appurtenances; ...

3. 1814: Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

One could not expect anybody to take such a part. Nothing but buffoonery from beginning to end.

4. before 1891: P.T. Barnum, quoted in The Life of Phineas T. Barnum http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1576

The Temperance Reform was too serious a matter for trifling jokes and buffooneries.

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