English Explanatory Dictionary

drollery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Comical quality.
  2. Amusing behavior.
  3. Something humorous, funny or comical.
  4. A puppet show; a comic play or entertainment; a comic picture; a caricature.
  5. A joke; a funny story.
  6. A small decorative image in the margin of an illuminated manuscript.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɹəʊləɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drollery.wav

Word forms

drollery drolleries drolerie

Etymology

From French drôlerie, from drôle + -erie; equivalent to droll + -ery.

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