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"BUFFOONS" is a plural of: buffoon. |
Date "BUFFOONS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Buffoons Names synonymous with Buffoon: - Bobêche. A clown in a small theatre in the Boulevart du Temple, Paris. (1815-1825.) Galimafré. A contemporary and rival of the former. Tabarin. (Of the seventeenth century.) Bruscambille. Grimaldi. (1779-1837.) (See Scaramouch.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Oliver Scott's Refined Negro Minstrels a happy lot of funny coons in myriad acts entrancing, new jokes and gags by black buffoons, the best of songs and dancing. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | And for populaces as well as for tyrants, buffoons are needed. |
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| "BUFFOONS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BUFFOONS" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "BUFFOONS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Witzbolde, Possenreißer (buffoon, clown, mome, momes). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | uffoonsbay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"BUFFOONS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baffoon, bofoon, buffon, buffons, buffoone, buffos, bufoon, buufoon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-f-f-n-o-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: buffoon. | |
-2 letters: boffos, buffos. | |
-3 letters: boffo, boffs, bonus, boons, boson, bosun, buffo, buffs, snuff. | |
-4 letters: boff, boon, boos, buff, buns, fobs, fons, fubs, funs, nobs, nous, nubs, offs, onus, snob, snub, soon. | |
-5 letters: boo, bos, bun, bus, fob, fon, fou, fub, fun, nob, noo, nos, nub, nus, off, ons, sob, son, sou, sub, sun, uns. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-f-f-n-o-o-s-u" | |
+2 letters: buffoonish. | |
+4 letters: buffooneries. | |
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