He stood awkwardly awaiting her, conscious of the Clownishness of his appearance.
"The White Peacock"
D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Heathcliff, himself as great a boor at twenty, contrived to rub off his Clownishness in order to revenge himself upon his enemies; Catharine Linton's love inspired Hareton to as great an effort.
"Emily Brontë"
A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson
To balance his good looks, and the nobility, to keener eyes yet more evident than to hers, in both his moral and physical carriage, the equally undeniable Clownishness of his dialect and tone had huge weight, while the peculiar straightforwardness of his behaviour and address not unfrequently savoured in her eyes of rudeness; besides which objectionable things, there was the persistent odour of fish about his garments-in itself sufficient to prevent such a catastrophe.
"Malcolm"
George MacDonald