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áiféis — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drollery noun Comical quality.
  • exaggeration noun A statement or description that overstates the truth, making something seem bigger or more extreme than it is.
  • nonsense noun Words, ideas, or behavior that make no sense or have no logical meaning.

Senses

áiféis is used for these senses in English:

  • drollery Amusing behavior.
  • exaggeration The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
  • nonsense Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

drollery — full definition

  1. noun Comical quality.
  2. noun Amusing behavior.
  3. noun Something humorous, funny or comical.
  4. noun A puppet show; a comic play or entertainment; a comic picture; a caricature.

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