Obs. [? variant of BUFFOON, suggested by ruffian.] = BUFFOON. Hence Buffianism, buffoonery.
1655. trans. Sorel’s Com. Hist. Francion, X. 13. It becometh not a man of my Learning to be so great a Buffian.
1596. Nashe, Have with you, &c. M iv b. No buffianisme throughout his whole bookes, but they bolstered out his part with.
