drollery

Noun
Synonyms: clowningcomedyfunninesswaggery

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)drolleries

  1. a comic incident or series of incidentsSynonyms: clowningcomedyfunninessType of fun, play
  2. a quaint and amusing jestSynonyms: waggeryType of jest, joke

Related words clown around verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Droll′er·y noun; pl. Drolleries (#).

Origin: F. drôlerie. See Droll.

1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.

The rich drollery of “She Stoops to Conquer.”— Thomas Babington Macaulay

2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as: (a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. obsolete William Shakespeare (b) A lively or comic picture. obsolete

I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton.— John Evelyn

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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