GRACIOSO

TileHead’s Word of the Day for 6 June 2011

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GRACIOSO   (n. pl. - S)

Definition(s):

1. (n.) a clown or buffoon in Spanish comedies

Useful information for game players:

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• Back hooks: -S
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Epilogue:
Hey hey, kids!  From the Spanish, meaning “agreeable, amusing,” GRACIOSO is just one of several interesting words in the Scrabble lexicon pertaining to types of clowns.  Put your hands together for a few of the others: BECLOWN (v.), BUFFO (an operatic clown), BUFFOON, BUFFOONERY, CLOWNERY, and PIERROT (a clown in French pantomime).

This week’s theme: Words starting with the letter G

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