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ˈclownage
[f. clown n. + -age2.]
1. The action or behaviour of a clown or rustic.
1633B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. iv, Ingratitude beyond the coarseness yet of any clownage, Shewn to a lady. a1637― Underwoods xxxii, Pride and stiff Clownage mixt. 1903Times 23 Apr. 10/2 The outside circle was the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta, then came the clownage of the play.
†2. The function of a clown or jester. Obs.
1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. Prol., Veins of rhyming mother-wits, And such conceits as clownage keeps in pay. |