Clown
Clown (kloun) , noun
[Compare Icelandic klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. klonne clown, dial. Swedish klunn log, Danish klunt log, block, and English clump, n.]
1.
A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor. — Sir P. Sidney
2.
One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
The clown, the child of nature, without guile.
3.
The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.
The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere.
Clown , intransitive verb
To act as a clown; -- with it. [Obsolete]
Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed.