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7 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a rude or vulgar fool
noun a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
originFrom Middle French bouffon, from Italian buffone (“jester”), from buffare (“to puff out the cheeks”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Middle High German buffen ("to puff"; > German büffen), Old English pyffan (“to breathe out, blow with the mouth”). More at English puff.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0