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One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. The clown, the child of nature, without guile. Cowper.

Behavior or manners of a clown; clownery. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Clownishness. L'Estrange.

Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. "Clownish hands." Spenser. "Clownish mimic." Prior. -- Clown"ish*ly, adv.

The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior. That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness. Locke.

A stupid, clownish fellow. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

tic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness.

A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.

Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly. -- Boor"ish*ly, adv. -- Boor"ish*ness, n. Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. Milton.

e of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.

An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout. "Bashful country bumpkins." W. Irving.

Clownishly; surlily.

Rough; clownish; surly.

Rude; clownish. [Obs.]

A clown; a low rustic; a dolt. [Obs.] The slavering cudden, propped upon his staff. Dryden.

Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown. -- Dolt"ish*ly, adv. -- Dolt"ish*ness, n.

Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.

A silly clown. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A rude or clownish person; boor; lout.

A countryman; a rustic; a clown. [Obs.] Nares.