Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drollery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
drollery
n 1: a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: {clowning}, {comedy},
{funniness}]
2: a quaint and amusing jest [syn: {waggery}]
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