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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or quality of being clownish; rusticity; coarseness or rudeness of behavior or language; incivility; awkwardness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the state of being clownish

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clownish +‎ -ness

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