clownishness
61zaniness — n clownishness, zanyism, clowning, clownery; buffoonery, buffoonism, buffoonishness, harlequinade; joking, jesting, jocosity, jocoseness, waggishness, waggery, drollery; levity, frivolity, facetiousness; silliness, childishness, prankishness;… …
62clownish — /ˈklaʊnɪʃ/ (say klownish) adjective 1. of or relating to a clown. 2. socially ill at ease; boorish. 3. comical; amusing. {clown + ish1} –clownishly, adverb –clownishness, noun …
63ἀγρειοσύνης — ἀγρειοσύνη clownishness fem gen sg (attic epic ionic) …
64fooling — [n] joking, tricks bluffing, buffoonery, clownishness, farce, frolicking, high jinks*, horseplay, jesting, joshing, kidding, making light*, mockery, nonsense, pretense, roughhouse*, roughhousing*, rowdiness, sham*, skylarking*, spoofing, teasing …
65clown — [kloun] n. [< ? Scand, as in Ice klunni, clumsy person] 1. Obs. a peasant or farmer; rustic 2. a clumsy, boorish, or incompetent person 3. a performer who entertains, as in a circus, by antics, jokes, tricks, etc.; jester 4. a person who… …
66clown — n. & v. n. 1 a comic entertainer, esp. in a pantomime or circus, usu. with traditional costume and make up. 2 a silly, foolish, or playful person. 3 archaic a rustic. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by about, around) behave like a clown; act foolishly or …
67clownery — ˈklau̇nərē noun ( es) : clownish behavior or an instance of clownishness : buffoonery …
68ruralness — ruˈralness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑rural * * * ˈruralness rare 0. [ ness.] ‘Country likeness, clownishness’ (Bailey, 1730) …
69agresty — † ˈagresty Obs. 0 [f. L. agrest is or Eng. agrest + y3. Cf. modest y.] Rusticity, ‘clownishness.’ Bailey, and Ash …
