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bouffon

/bu.fɔ̃/

noun, masculine/bu.fɔ̃/plural: bouffons

fool (person who entertained a sovereign); buffoon, fool (someone foolish)

Inherited from Middle French boufon, from Italian buffone.

adjective/bu.fɔ̃/

grotesque, silly, clownlike

Inherited from Middle French boufon, from Italian buffone.