See buffoon on Wiktionary
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to behave like buffoon",
"word": "ilveillä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to behave like buffoon",
"word": "kaspern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to behave like buffoon",
"word": "herumkaspern"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se glupíra",
"sense": "to behave like buffoon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "се глупи́ра"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "se šéguva",
"sense": "to behave like buffoon",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "се ше́гува"
}
],
"word": "buffoon"
}
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