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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

clown, clown anemone, clown car, clown white, clownage, clownery, clownify, clowning, clownish, cloxacillin, cloy

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