clownage

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noun

The antics of a clown.

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clowneryclownishness
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Meanings

nounclownage (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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

    Synonyms: clownery, clownishness

  2. obsoleteuncountableThe 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 Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe antics of a clown.

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clowneryclownishness

Origin

From clown + -age.

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APA

clownage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clownage

MLA

“clownage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clownage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clownage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clownage.

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