drollery
Look at other dictionaries:
Drollery — Droll er*y, n.; pl. {Drolleries}. [F. dr[^o]lerie. See {Droll}.] 1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners. [1913 Webster] The rich drollery of She Stoops to Conquer. Macaulay. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drollery — 1590s, from Fr. drôlerie (16c.), from drôle (see DROLL (Cf. droll)) … Etymology dictionary
drollery — [drōl′ər ē] n. pl. drolleries [Fr drôlerie] 1. a droll act, remark, story, etc. 2. the act of joking 3. quaint or wry humor … English World dictionary
drollery — droll ► ADJECTIVE ▪ amusing in a strange or quaint way. DERIVATIVES drollery noun drollness noun drolly adverb. ORIGIN French, perhaps from Dutch drolle imp, goblin … English terms dictionary
drollery — noun (plural eries) Date: 1597 1. something that is droll; especially a comic picture or drawing 2. the act or an instance of jesting or burlesquing 3. whimsical humor … New Collegiate Dictionary
drollery — /droh leuh ree/, n., pl. drolleries. 1. something whimsically amusing or funny. 2. an oddly amusing story or jest. 3. a droll quality or manner; whimsical humor. 4. the action or behavior of a droll, waggish person; jesting. 5. a comic picture. 6 … Universalium
drollery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. buffoonery, humor, pleasantry; see joke 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being laughable or comical: comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollness, farcicality, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness,… … English dictionary for students
drollery — droll·er·y || drəʊlÉ™rɪ n. comical behaviour; humorous joke or story; something funny; amusing quality … English contemporary dictionary
drollery — n. Pleasantry, fun, facetiousness, waggishness, waggery, buffoonery, comicality … New dictionary of synonyms
drollery — noun (C, U) old fashioned humour … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
