drollery

2 definitions found

drollery - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer." --
                                                    Macaulay.
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     2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as:
        (a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] --Shak.
        (b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.]
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                  I bought an excellent drollery, which I
                  afterward parted with to my brother George of
                  Wotton.                           -- Evelyn.
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drollery - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  drollery
      n 1: a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: drollery,
           clowning, comedy, funniness]
      2: a quaint and amusing jest [syn: drollery, waggery]