noun
Meaning 1
Comical quality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
drollery
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noun
Meaning 2
Amusing behavior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Something humorous, funny or comical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A puppet show; a comic play or entertainment; a comic picture; a caricature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A joke; a funny story.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A small decorative image in the margin of an illuminated manuscript.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
a quaint and amusing jest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: waggery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: jest, joke, jocularity
noun
Meaning 8
a comic incident or series of incidents
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clowning, comedy, funniness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fun, play, sport
History
Etymology
From French drôlerie, from drôle + -erie; equivalent to droll + -ery.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Irish: ábhacht — comical quality
- Irish: áiféis — comical quality
- Irish: aisteachas — comical quality
- Irish: aistiúlacht — comical quality
- Irish: anstrólaíocht — comical quality
- Irish: barrúlacht — comical quality
- Irish: léaspartaíocht — comical quality
- Polish: komizm — comical quality
- Polish: zabawność — comical quality
- Russian: ю́мор (júmor) — comical quality
- Russian: коми́чность (komíčnostʹ) — comical quality
- Irish: léaspartaíocht — amusing behavior
- Irish: anstrólaíocht — amusing behavior
- Italian: buffoneria — amusing behavior
- Russian: заба́вность (zabávnostʹ) — amusing behavior