[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buffoonery \buffoon"ery\, n.; pl. buffooneries. f.
   bouffonnerie.
   the arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous
   pranks, vulgar tricks and postures.
   1913 webster

         nor that it will ever constitute a wit to conclude a
         tart piece of buffoonery with a "what makes you blush?"
                                                  --spectator.
   1913 webster
see also:
buffooneries 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

buffoonery
     n : acting like a clown or buffoon syn: clowning, frivolity,
          harlequinade, prank
see also:
clowning frivolity harlequinade prank 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

83 moby thesaurus words for "buffoonery":
   acting, asininity, banter, battiness, brainlessness, business,
   characterization, clownishness, crackpottedness, crankiness,
   craziness, daffiness, desipience, eccentricity, fatuity,
   fatuousness, folly, foolery, foolheadedness, fooling, foolishness,
   frivolity, frivolousness, gag, giddiness, goofiness, ham,
   hammy acting, harlequinade, hoke, hokum, horseplay, idiocy,
   imbecility, impersonation, inanity, ineptitude, insanity, lunacy,
   madness, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, mindlessness,
   monkeyshines, mummery, niaiserie, nugacity, nuttiness, overacting,
   pantomiming, patter, performance, performing, personation,
   playacting, playing, portrayal, projection, queerness,
   representation, sappiness, screwiness, senselessness, shenanigans,
   silliness, slapstick, stage business, stage directions,
   stage presence, stunt, stupidity, taking a role, thoughtlessness,
   tomfoolery, triflingness, triviality, wackiness, weirdness,
   witlessness, zaniness, zanyism

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