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"ref": "before 1891: P.T. Barnum, quoted in The Life of Phineas T. Barnum http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1576",
"text": "The Temperance Reform was too serious a matter for trifling jokes and buffooneries."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"word": "pelleily"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Clownerie"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Hanswursterei"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Hanswurstiade"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Possenreißerei"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"word": "bolondozás"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "abhlóireacht"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pagliacciata"
},
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "palávština",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пала́вштина"
},
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "budaláština",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "будала́штина"
},
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šut-bâzi",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"word": "شوت بازی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bufonada"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "błazenada"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "buffonáda",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "буффона́да"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "figljárstvo",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "фигля́рство"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "klounáda",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "клоуна́да"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šutovstvó",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "шутовство́"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"word": "maskaralık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"word": "soytarılık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"word": "şaklabanlık"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/bəˈfuːnəɹi/",
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
}
],
"word": "buffoonery"
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"text": "The Temperance Reform was too serious a matter for trifling jokes and buffooneries."
}
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"The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness."
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"word": "pelleily"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Clownerie"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hanswursterei"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hanswurstiade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Possenreißerei"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"word": "bolondozás"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "abhlóireacht"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pagliacciata"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "palávština",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пала́вштина"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "budaláština",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "будала́штина"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šut-bâzi",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"word": "شوت بازی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bufonada"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "błazenada"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "buffonáda",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "буффона́да"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "figljárstvo",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "фигля́рство"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "klounáda",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "клоуна́да"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šutovstvó",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "шутовство́"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"word": "maskaralık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"word": "soytarılık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "behaviour expected of a buffoon — see also foolishness, silliness",
"word": "şaklabanlık"
}
],
"word": "buffoonery"
}
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