clownery

[ klou-nuh-ree ]

/ ˈklaʊ nə ri /

noun, plural clown·er·ies for 2.

an instance of this.

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How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

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Origin of clownery

First recorded in 1580–90; clown + -ery

Words nearby clownery

clowder, clown, clown anemone, clown car, clown white, clownery, cloxacillin, cloy, cloying, cloze, cloze test

Example sentences from the Web for clownery

The clownery and pantaloonery of these pantomimes have clean passed out of my head.
The Town|Leigh Hunt
As to his father's ignorance and clownery, 'twas as good metall in the oare which wants excoriating and refineing.
Brief Lives (Vol. 1 of 2)|John Aubrey