释义 |
clownishness|ˈklaʊnɪʃnɛs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] Clownish quality; rusticity, rudeness; want of politeness, culture, or refinement.
1576Fleming Panoplie Ep. 372 Ignoraunce..ingendreth in him rusticalitie or clownishnesse. 1692Locke Educ. 67 That plainness of Nature, which the Alamode people call Clownishness. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) I. i. 4 The English were degenerating into clownishness. |