Definitions
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
Etymologies
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Examples
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SOCRATES: And ignorance, and what is termed clownishness, are surely an evil?
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And ignorance, and what is termed clownishness, are surely an evil?
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This is going to be a test for Sen. Obama; if he can get through this kind of clownishness without losing it, he will have earned whatever prize is at the end of the trail.
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I also find Rylance's outfit a tad too obvious in its clownishness.
Michael Giltz: Theater Reviews: Lombardi Scores a Field Goal; La Bete Better for Actors
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Like no one before him or since, he shows the clownishness of playing at revolution—clownishness that, in this novel, results in tragedy.
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I also find Rylance's outfit a tad too obvious in its clownishness.
Michael Giltz: Theater Reviews: "Lombardi" Scores A Field Goal; "La Bete" Better For Actors
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I can see how his combination of gentle clownishness and fierce curmudgeonliness would have a muse-like effect on the people he works with.
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Anyone who repeats the NPR spin majors in clownishness.
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I also find Rylance's outfit a tad too obvious in its clownishness.
Michael Giltz: Theater Reviews: "Lombardi" Scores A Field Goal; "La Bete" Better For Actors
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Tracy wholeheartedly rejects hard work (this is best captured in the episode called "The Natural Order," in which it is demonstrated that only in an "upside-down" world could Tracy be asked to sincerely labor), and so he relies on his preternatural clownishness and the coattails of his paternal writers and producers for success.
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