- amusement by means of usually physical or visual tricks, jokes, etc.:The play swings from absurd buffoonery to high tragedy, with kinetic physicality, silliness, swords, and live music.
- coarse or undignified joking:The managers perceived my buffoonery as a barely concealed way of calling them pretentious—and they weren’t altogether wrong.
- silly, foolish, or unseemly behavior:It’s hard to top the current governor's race if you like your politics laced with outrageous buffoonery.
