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clownish

adj
/ˈklaʊnɪʃ/UK

Etymology

From clown + -ish.

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

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown

    Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.

    • Even worse, the zombies' clownish makeup, with a stark white base and black shoe polish around the eyes, looks amateurish.
    • Once again, City's defending was clownish. James McArthur drove into the area on the left and pulled a low cross towards the far post, where the horribly timid Gaël Clichy allowed Perch to bundle the ball past Costel Pantilimon.
    • Indeed, when in close quarters to Rooney, it must prove almost irresistible to stick a plastic moustache and silly clownish shoes on the potato-headed fool.

  2. Pertaining to peasants

    Pertaining to peasants; rustic.

  3. Uncultured, boorish

    Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.

    • Large were his limbes, and terrible his looke, / And in his clownish hand a sharp bore speare he shooke.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for clownish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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