clownish

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈklaʊnɪʃ/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a circus clown; comical, ridiculous.
    — Even worse, the zombies' clownish makeup, with a stark white base and black shoe polish around the eyes, looks amateurish.
  2. Pertaining to peasants; rustic. archaic
  3. Uncultured, boorish; rough, coarse. archaic
    — Large were his limbes, and terrible his looke, / And in his clownish hand a sharp bore speare he shooke.

词形变化

more clownish comparative most clownish superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
clownishly clownishness unclownish

词源

Etymology tree
English clown
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English clownish
From clown + -ish.
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