Clown: alternatives and connections

An actor or player in comedy.

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Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.

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A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.

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A deed; an action; a gest.

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Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a wit…

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The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

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A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop.

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A great fool; a trifler.

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A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.

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A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; origi…

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A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.

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A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes.

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A merry-andrew; a buffoon.

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Old; antique.

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Old; antique.

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Old; antique.

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A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew.

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A silly or foolish person

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