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clownage

clownage noun: the antics of a clown.

Noun

clownage (uncountable)

  1. The antics of a clown.
    • Their infamous act is the tricks they play with you, their clownage and stunts...2020, Amo Jones, Kristy Bromberg, Make Me Yours
  2. (obsolete) 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!a. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second...

Synonyms of clownage

Origin of clownage

From clown + -age.

Questions about clownage

What does clownage mean?
Clownage means the antics of a clown.
What part of speech is clownage?
Clownage is a noun.

Words near clownage in the dictionary

  1. clown therapy
  2. clown world
  3. clown worlds
  4. clown-car primaries
  5. clown-car primary
  6. clownage
  7. clowncel
  8. clowncels
  9. clowncore
  10. clowndom
  11. clowne

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