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“clownishness” in Latin
rūsticitāsrusticity (country life and people); uneducation, idiocyinhūmānitāsinhumanity; barbarity, savagery; surliness, churlishnessrūsticusof the country, rural, rustic; unrefined, boorish, coarse
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
clownishness
rusticitas: inurbanitas: inhumanitas [SYN. in CLOWNISH]: mores inculti or rustici: verba rustica (of words), Vid: also the substantives under CLOWNISH: to be guilty of clownishness in one’s conduct or manners, ab humanitate abhorrere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for clownishness?
- The usual Latin words for “clownishness” are rūsticitās, inhūmānitās, rūsticus. 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.