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drollery
Drollery (noun) means the quality of being funny or comical.
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1
The quality of being funny or comical.
"You might be impressed by the simultaneous appearance of "Cardeans", "Clans" and North British Atlantics, or engaged by the drolleries of the three shunting engines, one from each company."
— C. Hamilton Ellis, The Scottish Station (1941)
"He found that Sally had a restrained, but keen, sense of the ridiculous, and she made remarks about the girls or the men who were set over them which amused him by their unexpected drollery."
— W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage (1915)
2
Behaviour that is funny or amusing.
3
A funny or amusing thing.
""I'm pregnant." "No drolleries this morning please." "Three months.""
— J P Donleavy, A Singular Man (1963)
4
A puppet show; a funny play or performance; a comic picture; a caricature.
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Etymology
Came into English from French drôlerie, from drôle plus -erie; equivalent to droll plus -ery.
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What is the meaning of drollery?
"drollery" (noun) means the quality of being funny or comical.
What is another word for drollery?
Other words for "drollery" include waggery, funniness, comedy, clowning.
What is the opposite of drollery?
The opposite of "drollery" is gravity.
What are the different meanings of drollery?
"drollery" has 3 main meanings: 1. The quality of being funny or comical; 2. Behaviour that is funny or amusing; 3. A funny or amusing thing.
