v. Obs. [f. as prec. + -IZE.] To act the buffoon.
Hence Buffoonizing vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1611. Cotgr., Goguenarder, to buffoonize it; breake iests, telle merrie tales. Ibid., Patelinage, a buffoonizing, or acting the vice in a play.
1635. J. Hayward, Banish’d Virg., 40. A buffonizing and jearing humour.
1657. Colvil, Whig’s Supplic. (1751), 98. He can buffonize, and jest.
