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a comically dressed performer (as at a circus) who entertains with playful tricks and ridiculous behavior
- in the comic opera, the buffo shared his entrance aria with a grimacing mime
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“Buffo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buffo. Accessed 30 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of buffo was in 1764
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