buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank
(noun) acting like a clown or buffoon
drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness
(noun) a comic incident or series of incidents
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clowning
present participle of clown
clowning (plural clownings)
Clownish behaviour.
Source: Wiktionary
Clown, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. kl clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log block, and E. clump, n.]
1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor. Sir P. Sidney.
2. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. The clown, the child of nature, without guile. Cowper.
3. The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc. The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere. Shak.
Clown, v. i.
Definition: To act as a clown; -- with it [Obs.] Beclowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 April 2024
(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
