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clownage

noun

Etymology

From clown + -age.

  1. derived from *gel-✻
  2. derived from klunz
  3. suffixed as clownage — “clown + age”

Definitions

  1. The antics of a clown.

    • Their infamous act is the tricks they play with you, their clownage and stunts...

  2. The behaviour or manners of a yokel or rustic.

    • Honour and honesty, as poor things thought we / As they are made! pride and stiff clownage mixt / To make up greatness!

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA