Definition of Drolery
Droll"er*y (?), n.; pl.
Drolleries (#). [F. drôlerie. 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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