† clownifyv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To make clownish or dull-witted.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > clumsy stupidity, oafishness > make oafish [verb (transitive)]
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1618 N. Breton Court & Country 7 I wish you would not so clownifie your wit as to bury your vnderstanding all vnder a clod of earth.
Derivatives
ˈclownifying n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > clumsy stupidity, oafishness > [noun] > making clownish
clownifying1618
1618 N. Breton Court & Country sig. B4v Is not the Clownyfying of wit the Foolifying of vnderstanding?
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