English → Latin
“clownish” in Latin
rūsticusof the country, rural, rustic; unrefined, boorish, coarserūsticānusrusticinurbānusrustic, ungraceful, unmannerlyinhūmānusinhuman; savage, barbarous; uncivil, unmannerly, churlish, discourteousincultusuntilled, uncultivated; neglected; unadorned, unpolishedrūsticitāsrusticity (country life and people); uneducation, idiocy
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
clownish
rusticus [SYNON. in CLOWN.] : rusticanus (milder than rusticus; resembling those who live in the country, or what bears the stamp or impression found in the country: “countrified”): inurbanus: inhumanus (without refinement or polish): incultus (without civilization): clownish conduct, comportment, etc., rusticitas (Silver Age): clownish manners, mores rustici: clownish voice or pronunciation, vox rustica (unrefined, or void of polish), et agrestis (rough, vulgar): sonus vocis agrestis: clownish bashfulness (unbecoming, or not in its place), rusticitas (the French “manvaise honte”). [Vid: RUSTIC] In a clownish manner, rustice, e.g., rustice loqui, facere, etc. (to speak, act in a clownish manner).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for clownish?
- The usual Latin words for “clownish” are rūsticus, rūsticānus, inurbānus; also inhūmānus, incultus, rūsticitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.