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drollery
(mass) | drollery
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drollery
(encz) | drollery,šprým n: Zdeněk Brož |
drollery
(encz) | drollery,žertování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Drollery
(gcide) | Drollery \Droll"er*y\, n.; pl. Drolleries. [F. dr[^o]lerie.
See Droll.]
1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery;
droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
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The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer." --
Macaulay.
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2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as:
(a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] --Shak.
(b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.]
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I bought an excellent drollery, which I
afterward parted with to my brother George of
Wotton. -- Evelyn.
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drollery
(wn) | drollery
n 1: a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: drollery,
clowning, comedy, funniness]
2: a quaint and amusing jest [syn: drollery, waggery] |
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