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Webster 1913 Edition

(-ẽr-y̆)

Noun.

Clownishness.

L’Estrange.

Syn. – Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly; rude; uncivil; ill-bred; boorish; rustic; untutored.

Noun.

Ill-breeding; rustic behavior; rudeness of manners.

clownery ‎(countable and uncountable, plural clowneries)

The behaviour of a clown; clownishness, tomfoolery.
- 2009 May 9, Joshua Robinson, “Five-Run Inning Gives Mets Room for Errors”, in New York Times:
  Defensive clownery by the Mets at certain points of the game ultimately cost the 22-year-old Niese his first major league win in eight months.

the behaviour of a clown; clownishness, tomfoolery