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Recent Examples of buffoon Capaldi himself was a phenomenal Doctor, bringing that trademark blend of grizzled warrior and cosmic buffoon, but his episodes were a bit hit-and-miss. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 May 2025 Dylan Maxwell could easily have been an unsympathetic buffoon, but there’s a distinct love for (and in most cases, an appreciation of) the people behind the teen archetypes on display. Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 May 2025 Problematic to be sure, but also a very in-character move for an ignorant buffoon. Ben Rosenstock, Time, 6 May 2025 Read: Comedy’s most erudite buffoon Mulaney has many advantages at Netflix that his conventional-television peers don’t, however. David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buffoon
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clown
Noun
  • Former Des Plaines officer Mike Albrecht recalled to NBC Chicago that when police were assigned to surveil Gacy after Piest's disappearance, the part-time clown would try to pal around with officers and invite them into his house.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The girls are just as down to clown, coming up with funny drunk poses and faces.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Buffoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buffoon. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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