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buf⋅fo

  [boo-foh; It. boof-faw]
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–noun, plural -fi  [-fee] , -fos. Music.
1. (in opera) a comedy part, usually bass.
2. a male opera singer who specializes in comic roles.
Origin:
1755–65; < It: ridiculous, comic actor who takes comic parts; back formation from buffone buffoon
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buf·fo   (bōō'fō)   
n.   pl. buf·fi (-fē) or buf·fos
A man who sings comic opera roles.

[Italian, from buffare, to puff, of imitative origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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