drollery

1. n. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners. Source: opted

2. n. Something which serves to raise mirth Source: opted

3. n. A puppet show; also, a puppet. Source: opted

4. n. A lively or comic picture. Source: opted

5. n. a comic incident or series of incidents Source: wordnet

6. n. a quaint and amusing jest Source: wordnet

7. 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

8. n:100 n. a comic incident or series of incidents n. a quaint and amusing jest Source: ecdict

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