DROLLERY

drollery, waggery

(noun) a quaint and amusing jest

drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness

(noun) a comic incident or series of incidents

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

drollery (countable and uncountable, plural drolleries)

Comical quality.

Amusing behavior.

Something humorous, funny or comical.

(archaic) A puppet show; a comic play or entertainment; a comic picture; a caricature.

A joke; a funny story.

A small decorative image in the margin of an illuminated manuscript.

Source: Wiktionary

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Droll"er*y, n.; pl. Drolleries. Etym: [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." Macaulay.

2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as: (a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] Shak. (b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.] I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. Evelyn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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