English → Latin
“merry-andrew, merry-maker” in Latin
rīdiculuslaughable, funny, amusing, humorous; laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculouscoprĕaa low buffoon, a filthy jestersanniōa buffoon; a performer who plays ridiculous charactersscurraelegant man about town, dandy, rake; jester, joker, wit, clownmaccusbuffoon; Punchinello or macaroni in the Atellan Farce; simpleton, blockhead, fool
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
merry-andrew, merry-maker
homo jocosus, ridiculus (general term a jester): coprea (a kind of court fool): sannio (a buffoon who made sport by gesticulations; he had his head shorn, and wore a dress of patch-work; and general term): scurra (a wit): maccus (the hirlequin in Atellane plays of the Romans; after Diom. 488, Putsch.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for merry-andrew, merry-maker?
- The usual Latin words for “merry-andrew, merry-maker” are rīdiculus, coprĕa, sanniō; also scurra, maccus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.