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buffi

noun

variants or buffos

plural of buffo

as in clowns

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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clowns

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Hang out with sheep, meet magicians and clowns and explore the amusement park.

— Cole Premo, CBS News, 29 June 2026
The only leaders more buffoonish and lethal than the fairground hucksters elected in our failing democracies are the omnipotent clowns of tyranny.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

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buffi

buffing

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