buffoonery

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The behavior of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.

   “Araminta, come I'll talk ſeriouſly to you now, could you but ſee vvith my Eyes the buffoonry of one Scene of Addreſs, a Lover, ſet out with all his Equipage and Appurtenances; […]”

   “[W]e ſet him [the Devil] up like a Scare-Crovv to fright Children and old VVomen, to fill up old Stories, make Songs and Ballads, and in a VVord, carry on the lovv priz'd Buffoonry of the common People; […]”

   “[…] One could not expect any body to take such a part—Nothing but buffoonery from beginning to end.”

   “The Temperance Reform was too serious a matter for trifling jokes and buffooneries.”

   “Preamble is a hard-boiled steel commuter built for comfort, durability, and buffoonery on pavement and gravel.”