drollery, waggery
(noun) a quaint and amusing jest
waggery, waggishness
(noun) waggish behavior
Source: WordNet® 3.1
waggery (countable and uncountable, plural waggeries)
droll behaviour characteristic of a wag
a droll remark or jest
Source: Wiktionary
Wag"ger*y, n.; pl. Waggeries. Etym: [From Wag.]
Definition: The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy. Locke. A drollery and lurking waggery of expression. W. Irving.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
