buffoonlike

buffoonlike

English

Alternative forms

  • buffoon-like

Etymology

Etymology tree
English buffoon
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-West Germanic *-līk
Old English -līċ
Middle English -like
English -like
English buffoonlike

    From buffoon + -like.

    Adjective

    buffoonlike (comparative more buffoonlike, superlative most buffoonlike)

    1. Resembling a buffoon
      • 2009 January 2, Wendy Moonan, “Nautical Pack Rat and Sea Dog in Chief”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        Chinese potters copied prints from Europe on the plates that depict buffoonlike Harlequin figures from the popular commedia dell'arte.

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