merry-andrew

[mer-ee-an-droo] / ˌmɛr iˈæn dru /

NOUN

buffoon

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clown

STRONG

antic bozo comedian comic fool harlequin jester joker wag zany

WEAK

droll

NOUN

clown

Synonyms

STRONGEST

buffoon comedian comic fool jester mime prankster

STRONG

antic cutup dolt gagman gagster harlequin humorist joker jokester merrymaker mountebank mummer picador pierrot punch wag wit zany

WEAK

farceur funnyperson funster jokesmith life of the party punchinello quipster wisecracker

NOUN

comedian

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actor clown comic entertainer humorist

STRONG

banana card jester joker jokester laugh stooge wag wit zany

WEAK

cutup droll farceur million laughs quipster stand-up comic top banana wisecracker

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“Persons who naïvely mistake me for a merry-andrew with an inflated pig’s bladder can never understand that I adore whichever tradition I am striving to follow,” he said in a 1980 interview.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 30, 2014

‘No; I don’t like those visitors of yours well enough to see you turned into a merry-andrew to please them.’

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

As he did so he ran against a merry-andrew who thrust a long printed sheet in his hand.

From The Valley of Decision by Wharton, Edith

If I were to charge a battery, I'd only look like a merry-andrew after all; men will not respect what is only laughable.

From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Lever, Charles James

But this proves to be the note of Paillasse, a merry-andrew.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 347, December 20, 1828 by Various

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