Drollery

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A comical or whimsical quality.
  • n. A comical or whimsical way of acting, talking, or behaving.
  • n. The act of joking; clowning.
  • n. Something, such as a story, that is comical or whimsical.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. comical quality.
  • n. amusing behaviour.
  • n. something humorous, funny or comical.
  • n. a puppet show; a comic play or entertainment; a comic picture; a caricature.
  • n. a joke; a funny story.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
  • n. Something which serves to raise mirth.
  • n. A puppet show; also, a puppet.
  • n. A lively or comic picture.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The conduct of a droll, buffoon, or wag; something done to raise mirth; sportive tricks; buffoonery; fun.
  • n. The character of being droll; comicalness; humor.
  • n. Comical action, as in a dramatic representation; something used or done to excite mirth.
  • n. A comic picture.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a comic incident or series of incidents
  • n. a quaint and amusing jest
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    play    sport    fun    jocularity    joke   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    buffoonery   
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