buf·foon
noun/bəˈfuːn/
/bəˈfuːn/
(old-fashioned)- a person who does silly things that make people laugh
小丑；滑稽可笑的人 Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French bouffon, from Italian buffone, from medieval Latin buffo ‘clown’. Originally recorded as a rare Scots word for a kind of pantomime dance, the term later (late 16th cent.) denoted a professional jester.