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clownship

noun

Etymology

From clown + -ship.

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

Definitions

  1. The role or art of a clown.

    • When the miracle plays became too comic for the taste of the bishops, a generation of lay showmen carried on the tradition of clownship. The combination of showman and dramatist did not outlive the Elizabethans; […]

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