An alternative spelling of buffo; a comic actor or buffoon in Italian theater.
Italian variant of 'buffo,' both from the same root meaning 'comic' or 'foolish person,' possibly connected to 'buffare' (to puff or swell).
In Renaissance Italian theater, the 'buffone' was a stock character—think of Commedia dell'arte—who improvised jokes and physical comedy, laying the groundwork for modern stand-up comedy centuries before microphones.
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