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clown
[kloun] 
–noun
| 1. | a comic performer, as in a circus, theatrical production, or the like, who wears an outlandish costume and makeup and entertains by pantomiming common situations or actions in exaggerated or ridiculous fashion, by juggling or tumbling, etc. |
| 2. | a person who acts like a clown; comedian; joker; buffoon; jester. |
| 3. | a prankster; a practical joker. |
| 4. | Slang. a coarse, ill-bred person; a boor. |
| 5. | a peasant; rustic. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to act like a clown. |
Origin:
1555–65; earlier cloyne, clowne, perh. akin to ON klunni boor, Dan dial. klunds, Sw dial. klunn log
1555–65; earlier cloyne, clowne, perh. akin to ON klunni boor, Dan dial. klunds, Sw dial. klunn log
Related forms:
clownish, adjective
clown⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
clown⋅ish⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
3. lout, churl. 4. bumpkin.
3. lout, churl. 4. bumpkin.
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| clown (kloun) n.
[Of Scandinavian origin (akin to Icelandic klunni, clumsy person) or of Low German origin.] clown'ish adj., clown'ish·ly adv., clown'ish·ness n. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Clown
Clown\ (kloun), n. [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. kl["o]nne clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log, block, and E. clump, n.]1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. The clown, the child of nature, without guile. --Cowper. 3. The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc. The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere. --Shak.Clown
Clown\, v. i. To act as a clown; -- with it. [Obs.] Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed. --B. Jonson.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Clown
Spanish:
payaso,
German:
der Clown,
Japanese:
道化役者
clown
1560s, origin uncertain. Perhaps from Scand. dial., or akin to N.Fris. klonne "clumsy person," or, less likely, from L. colonus "colonist, farmer," hence, "rustic, boor," which apparently was the earliest Eng. sense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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