drollery

Meaning

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

Synonyms

funniness

waggery

comedy

buffoonery

clowning

comicalness

diversion

droll

drollness

farce

frolic

fun

harlequinade

humor

humoursness

jape

jest

jocular

lark

ludicrousness

mischief-making

put-on

quip

riotous

sauciness

story

wittiness

zany

amusement

sport

bawdy

caper

cheap

comicality

Translations

farce

comédia

drôlerie

cocasserie

Klamotte

Possen

🤣

còmic

φάρσα

humorada

κωμικότης

Streich

comédie

comique

Spaß

anècdota

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɹəʊləɹi/

Etymology

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