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clownery

[klou-nuh-ree]

noun, plural -er·ies for 2.

clownish behavior.

an instance of this.

Origin:
1580–90; clown + -ery

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clown (klaʊn)

—n
1.	a comic entertainer, usually grotesquely costumed and made up, appearing in the circus
2.	any performer who elicits an amused response
3.	someone who plays jokes or tricks
4.	a person who acts in a comic or buffoon-like manner
5.	a coarse clumsy rude person; boor
6.	archaic a countryman or rustic

—vb
7.	to perform as a clown
8.	to play jokes or tricks
9.	to act foolishly

[C16: perhaps of Low German origin; compare Frisian klönne, Icelandic klunni clumsy fellow]

'clownery

—n

'clownish

—*adj*

'clownishly

—*adv*

'clownishness

—n

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