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DROLLERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drollery mean?
• DROLLERY (noun)
The noun DROLLERY has 2 senses:
1. a comic incident or series of incidents
Familiarity information: DROLLERY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A comic incident or series of incidents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
clowning; comedy; drollery; funniness
Hypernyms ("drollery" is a kind of...):
fun; play; sport (verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A quaint and amusing jest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
drollery; waggery
Hypernyms ("drollery" is a kind of...):
jest; jocularity; joke (activity characterized by good humor)
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