See also:

• CLOWN (derived by Fuller, in his Worthies, from Lat. colones, a husbandman; but apparently connected with " clod " and with similar forms in Teutonic and Scandinavian languages)

CLOWN (derived by See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

Fuller, in his Worthies, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. colones, a husbandman; but apparently connected with " clod " and with similar forms in See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic and Scandinavian See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages)  , a rustic, boorish See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person; the comic See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character in See also:

• ENGLISH

English panto-See also:

• MIME

mime, always dressed in baggy See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume, with See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face whitened and eccentrically painted, and a tufted See also:

• WIG (short for " periwig," an alternative form of " peruke," Fr. perruque; cf. Span. peluca; conjecturally derived from Lat. pilus)

wig . The character probably descends from representations of the See also:

• DEVIL (Gr. &a,3oXos, " slanderer," from &ctflisXX sty, to slander)

devil in See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• MIRACLE (Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder)

miracle-plays, See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed partly through the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage rustics and partly through the foolsor jesters (also called clowns) of the Elizabethan See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama . The whitened face and baggy costume indicate a connexion also with the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental See also:

• PIERROT (Ital. Pedrolino)

Pierrot . The prominence of the See also:

• CLOWN (derived by Fuller, in his Worthies, from Lat. colones, a husbandman; but apparently connected with " clod " and with similar forms in Teutonic and Scandinavian languages)

clown in See also:

• PANTOMIME

pantomime (q.v.) is a comparatively See also:

• MODERN

modern development as compared with that of See also:

• HARLEQUIN

Harlequin .