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===Buffoon===
{{redirect|Buffoon|the film|Buffoon (film)}}
{{See also|Goofball comedy|Absurd humour|Slapstick comedy}}
In a similar vein, a '''buffoon''' is someone who provides amusement through inappropriate appearance or behaviour. Originally the term was used to describe a ridiculous but amusing person. The term is now frequently used in a derogatory sense to describe someone considered foolish, or someone displaying inappropriately vulgar, bumbling or ridiculous behaviour which is a source of general amusement. The term originates from the old Italian "buffare", meaning to puff out one's cheeks<ref>{{cite book|page=780|title=Encyclopædia Britannica; or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 4|publisher=Archibald Constable and Company|date=1823}}</ref> that also applies to [[bouffon]]. Having swelled their cheeks they would slap them to expel the air and produce a noise which amused the spectators.<ref>''The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge'' Vol.III, London (1847), Charles Knight, p.918</ref>