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, ); The effect of the whole was wild and fantastic, yet singularly
striking. — The Adventures of Captain Bonneville;
• (chimerical)- unreal; imaginary; visionary, ( ; ; ;
); If the search for this relation is chimerical, the two terms, mind,
and the world, may be illusions. — The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern
Atheism;
harlequinade = clowning = buffoonery > buffoon = clown = droll = zany
@ asinine (see page 353)
• (harlequinade)- farcical clowning or buffoonery; At the end of
the harlequinade he sank down on one knee and kissed her hand. — The
History of Pendennis;
• (clown)- a person who acts like a clown; comedian; joker; buffoon,
( ); But when the clown dismounted, the kids discovered
that the clown was actually Geoffrey Shafer! — Pop Goes The Weasel;
• (buffoonery)- the art and practices of a buffoon; low jests; ridiculous
pranks; The comic part consists of the most absurd buffoonery, and the rest is
very stilted. — A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2;
• (buffoon)- a person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and
postures, etc, ( , , ); He is a mixture of the ancient cynic
philosopher with the modern buffoon, and turns folly into wit, and wit into
folly, just as the fit takes him. — Characters of Shakespeare's Plays;
• (stoic)- amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish, ( ,
, ); It was uncommonly droll, and made me laugh heartily. —
The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2 (of 3), 1857-1870;
• (zany)- ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish, (
, , , ); A zany is a kind of clown — Little People: An
Alphabet;
pan = pillory = bait = belabor = rail = inveigh = fulminate = wig = upbraid =
berate = bawl out = chide = rebuke = reprimand = reprehend = reproach =
reproof = reprove = scold = chastise = chasten = castigate = objurgate
• (pan)- to criticize severely, as in a review of a play, (
); Helping for a rave review of his new show, the playwright
was miserable when the critics panned it unanimously;
• (pillory)- a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing
the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision,
( ,
); For a man in the pillory was a fitting object for
laughter and rude jests. — English Literature for Boys and Girls;