Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clownish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clownish \Clown"ish\, a.
Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown;
ungainly; awkward. ``Clownish hands.'' --Spenser. ``Clownish
mimic.'' --Prior. -- {Clown"ish*ly}, adv.
Syn: Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly; rude; uncivil;
ill-bred; boorish; rustic; untutored.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
clownish
adj : like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a
zany sense of humor" [syn: {buffoonish}, {clowlike}, {zany}]
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