buffoon

• n. 道化師；バーレスク?パフォーマー

buff、吹く、笑いを誘う、擬音語、puffと同じ。 -oon、大言壮語の接尾辞で、多くは侮蔑的な意味で使われる。

buffoon (n.)

1540s, "type of pantomime dance;" 1580s, "clown," from Middle French bouffon (16c.), from Italian buffone "jester," from buffa "joke, jest, pleasantry," from buffare "to puff out the cheeks," a comic gesture, of echoic origin. Also see -oon.

1. They pictured their manager as a buffoon .

彼らはマネージャーをピエロとして描いた。

2.He was one part blackguard，people said，and three parts buffoon .

人は彼がごろつきの気、三分のピエロの気だと言っている。

3.That politician acted like a buffoon during that debate.

この政治家はその議論で醜態を演じた。

4.The man painted his hair into blue，looking like a buffoon .

その人の髪は艶やかな緑色に染められていて、ピエロのように見えます。

5.In most people 's opinion，what she acted was alike a buffoon .

多くの人から見れば、彼女の行為は滑稽だ。