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- buffoon (n.)



[buffoon 词源字典] - 1540s, "type of pantomime dance;" 1580s, "clown," from Middle French bouffon (16c.), from Italian buffone "jester," from buffa "joke, jest, pleasantry," from buffare "to puff out the cheeks," a comic gesture, of echoic origin. Also see -oon.[buffoon etymology, buffoon origin, 英语词源]