Reverse Dictionary: CLOWN

ADJECTIVES
1240 ► CARLISH → KARLISH clownish, churlish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean 
1507 ► LOB clownish, rustic, loutish; clumsy 
1519 ► CARTERLY clownish, boorish, rude, ill-bred → obs.
1561 ► CARTERLIKE clownish, rude → obs.
1567 ► LOBBISH clownish, loutish; characteristic of a ‘lob’ or rustic → obs.
1593 ► SWADDISH clownish, loutish → obs. rare 
1596 ► BACON-FED clownish, rustic 
1675 ► CLOUTERLY clownish, clumsy, awkward; like a botcher → obs.
1700 ► CHUFFY clownish, churlish, rude, blunt, surly, morose → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1819 ► AUVISH → AWVISH → HAUVISH → HAWFISH clownish, silly, dull, stupid, mischievous → Eng. dial.
1876 ► GAWKISH clownish, awkward, clumsy 
1898 ► AWF-STRUCKEN clownish, silly, dull, stupid, mischievous → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► ANTIC clownish, amusing, full of tricks; given to fun, capers, or pranks; joking, playful → Amer. dial.
1902 ► HAUVING clownish, simple-witted, foolish → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► BORREL clownish, rough, rude → Sc. (Bk.)
1917 ► ANTIC AS A JAYBIRD clownish, amusing, full of tricks; given to fun, capers, or pranks; joking, playful → Amer. dial.

ADVERBS
1580 ► CARTERLIKE clownishly, rudely → obs.

NOUNS, PERSON (a rustic, peasant, or an ignorant, rude, uncouth person)
1377 ► IDIOT a clown; a simple man; a person without learning; an unlearned, ignorant, or uneducated man → obs.
1450 ► MOBARD → MOBBARD a clown; a boor; a villain, a rascal; a fool → obs. rare
1509 ► CARTER a clown; a rude, uncultured man; common in the 16th century 
1533 ► LOB a clown; a country bumpkin; a lout → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1534 ► CLUMPERTON a clown; a clodhopper; a countryman; a silly or stupid fellow → obs.
1542 ► CLUB a clown; a heavy, clumsy fellow → obs.
M16. ► JOCK  a clown; a countryman; a rustic → Sc.
1553 ► HOBALL a clown; a fool; a dolt; an idiot → obs.
1553 ► LOBCOCK a clown; a country bumpkin; a lout; a boor; a dull, stupid, sluggish person; a clumsy, lubberly fellow; a blundering fool → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1568 ► CLINCHPOOP a clown; a person considered wanting in gentlemanly breeding; a vulgar, ill-bred fellow; an oaf; a dunce; a lout → obs., contemptuous usage
1583 ► HOBLOB a clown; a lout; a rustic → obs.
1596 ► BACON a clown; a rustic → obs.
1604 ► LOB-COAT a clown; a country bumpkin; a lout, a boor; a heavy, dull person; a blundering fool → obs.
1611 ► CLUSTERFIST a clown, a boor, a lout; a clumsy-fisted fellow → obs.
1634 ► BACON-BRAINS a clownish blockhead 
1648 ► JACK-PUDDING a clown; a buffoon; a merry-andrew; esp. one attending on a mountebank → arch.
1670 ► BADINE a clown → obs.
1677 ► DOBBIE → DOBIE a clown; an awkward fellow; a stupid fellow; a blockhead; a fool; a simpleton; a dolt → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1715 ► IDIOTIST a clown; a simple man; a person without learning; an unlearned, ignorant, or uneducated man → obs.
1726 ► GAWKY a clownish fellow; a tall, ungainly, clumsy person; a stupid, awkward fellow; a fool; a simpleton; a lout, a bumpkin 
1746 ► GAWBY a clown; a dunce; a foolish or stupid person; a silly fellow → colloq. & Eng. dial.
1787 ► HALLION a clown; a rascal; a clumsy fellow; a coarse, idle, worthless fellow; a blackguard; a contemptible person; a good-for-nothing idler → Sc. & N. Eng. dial., contemptuous usage
1787 ► HAWKEY a clown; a stupid fellow → Sc. obs.
1789 ► HULLION a clown; a clumsy fellow; a good-for-nothing idle scamp; a sloven → Sc. & Ireland
1790 ► GAWFIN a clownish, stupid fellow → Eng. dial.
1790 ► HAUMGOBBARD a clownish, silly fellow → Eng. dial.
1796 ► GABY a clownish person; a dunce; a simpleton; a fool; a blockhead; a stupid or silly fellow; a soft person; one who gapes and stares about in ignorant wonder → colloq. & Eng. dial.
1798 ► HOBBLE a clown, a rustic → Sc. obs.
19C.. ► SLONK a clownish, indolent fellow; a lazy slinking fellow; an idle, dissolute persona hanger-on → Eng. dial.
1805 ► HAWBUCK a country clown; an unmannerly lout; a coarse, vulgar lad; a foolish or stupid fellow 
1820 ► TOM a clown 
1824 ► ASPILL → ESPILL → HASPAL → HASPILL a clownish-mannered person; a silly fellow → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1824 ► GLUNDY a clownish, inactive, or awkward person; a fool; a stupid person → Sc. obs.
1825 ► RAMGUNSHOCH a boorish, rude clown; a person with rough, crude manners → Sc.
1828 ► HAWPS a clownish fellow; a tall, awkward person → Eng. & Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1828 ► SAWNY a witless clown; a fool; a simpleton → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1839 ► ANDREW a clown; a mountebank → Eng. dial.
1862 ► JACKANAPES a clownish fellow, and one easily gulled → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1866 ► HABBER a clumsy clown, a stupid person → Sc. (Bk.)
1866 ► HENGSI → HENGSIE → HINGSI a clown; a loafer; a clumsy, awkward person → Sc. (Bk.)
1872 ► HAWBAW a country clown; a stupid, clumsy fellow; a lout; a coarse, vulgar lad → Eng. dial.
1873 ► HAUVISON a clownish, awkward person; a simpleton → Eng. dial (Bk.)  
1876 ► WOP-STRAW a rustic clown; a country farm-servant; a bumpkin → Eng. dial.
1886 ► GAPE-STICK an awkward country clown → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1889 ► HAUVEY GAUVEY → HAUVY-GAUVY a clown, a boor, an awkward, slow-witted, stupid person; a simpleton → Eng. dial.
1889 ► HAWY-GAWY a clownish, awkward person; a simpleton → Eng. dial.
1895 ► ANTIC a clown; a buffoon → Amer. dial.
1895 ► BAYARD a clownish, stupid fellow → obs. (Bk.)
1896 ► GAWKS a gaping clown → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1897 ► REUL a rude, unmannerly clown; a romp; a fidget → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1902 ► HANTING → HENTING a clownish fellow; one that lacks good breeding → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1902 ► HAUVY a clownish, awkward person; a simpleton → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 ► SALTIMBANCO a street clown → sl. (Bk.)
1905 ► HALFPENNY-WORTH a clownish or good-for-nothing fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THUMPKIN a clown or bumpkin → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1916 ► BOZO a clownish, clumsy, or foolish fellow; an oaf; a rude or annoying person → Amer.
1923 ► GAMERACUS a clown or clumsy fellow → Sc. obs.
1923 ► JAZZBO a clownish, clumsy, or foolish person; an oaf; a rude or annoying person → Amer. sl.