Clównish. adj. [from clown.]

1. Consisting of rusticks or clowns.

   Young Silvia beats her breast, and cries aloud
   For succour from the clownish neighbourhood. Dryd. Æn.

2. Coarse; rough; rugged.

   But with his clownish hands their tender wings
   He brushed off. Spenser's Fairy Queen, b. i. cant. i.

3. Uncivil; ill-bred; ill-mannered.

               What if we essay'd to steal
   The clownish fool out of your father's court. Shakespeare.

4. Clumsly; ungainly.

   With a grave look, in this odd equipage,
   The clownish mimick traverses the stage. Prior.