What does clownish mean?
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clown·ish
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Princeton's WordNet
buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zanyadjective
like a clown
"a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor"
Wiktionary
clownishadjective
Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
clownishadjective
Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
clownishadjective
Like a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Clownishadjective
Etymology: from clown.
Young Silvia beats her breast, and cries aloud
For succour from the clownish neighbourhood. John Dryden, Æn.But with his clownish hands their tender wings
He brusheth off. Edmund Spenser, Fairy Queen, b. i. cant. i.What if we essay’d to steal
The clownish fool out of your father’s court. William Shakespeare.With a grave look, in this odd equipage,
The clownish mimick traverses the stage. Matthew Prior.
Wikipedia
clownish
A clown is a person who performs comedy and arts in a state of open-mindedness using physical comedy, typically while wearing distinct makeup or costuming and reversing folkway-norms.
Webster Dictionary
Clownishadjective
of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of clownish in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of clownish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of clownish in a Sentence
He was not taken seriously at first by the media, and is still not taken seriously as a presidential candidate by a lot of the media because of his lack of substance and clownish behavior.
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