clownish
English
/ˈklaʊnɪʃ/
adj
Definitions
- Like a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
- (now) Pertaining to peasants; rustic.
- (now) Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse.
Etymology
Suffix from English clown.
Origin
English
clown
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- assclown English
- beclown English
- clown English
- clownage English
- clownery English
- clowness English
- clownfish English
- clownishly English
- clownishness English
- clownless English
- clownlike English
- clownly English
- clownology English
- clownophobia English
- clownship English
- clownstep English
- unclownish English
- colōnus Latin
- Clown German
- clown Dutch, Flemish
- clown French
- клоун Russian
- klovn Norwegian Bokmål
- clown Swedish
- klaun Polish
- klovn Norwegian Nynorsk
- klovn Danish
- klovn Serbo-Croatian
- κλόουν Greek (modern)
- clown Welsh
- klauns Latvian
- klun Mauritian Creole