definitions

clownery

[ klou-nuh-ree ]
/ ˈklaʊ nə ri /
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noun, plural clown·er·ies for 2.

clownish behavior.
an instance of this.

Nearby words

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

Origin of clownery

First recorded in 1580–90; clown + -ery
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples 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