drollery

  • 101PELLEGRINI, CARLO —    a caricaturist, born in Capua; came to London; was distinguished for the inimitable drollery of his cartoons (1838 1889) …

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  • 102amusement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Pleasurable interest Nouns 1. amusement, entertainment; diversion, divertissement, distraction; recreation, hobby, avocation, relaxation, pastime, sport; labor of love, pleasure; night life; time of one… …

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  • 103fun — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sport, diversion, amusement. See wit. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. merry, enjoyable, amusing; see entertaining , happy 1 , pleasant 2 . n. Syn. play, game, sport, jest, amusement, relaxation, pastime,… …

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  • 104jocularity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. humor; mirth, laughter; jesting, joshing, kidding; wit. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality of being laughable or comical: comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, farcicality,… …

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  • 105sport — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. recreation, athletics, sports; jesting, merriment, fun, diversion; mockery, ridicule; freak, mutant; gamester, gambler, spender; dandy, fop. See amusement, exertion, fashion. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …

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  • 106comicality — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being laughable or comical: comedy, comicalness, drollery, drollness, farcicality, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, wit, wittiness,… …

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  • 107comicalness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being laughable or comical: comedy, comicality, drollery, drollness, farcicality, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, wit, wittiness, zaniness …

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  • 108drollness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being laughable or comical: comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, farcicality, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, wit, wittiness,… …

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  • 109farcicality — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being laughable or comical: comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, wit, wittiness, zaniness …

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  • 110funniness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of being laughable or comical: comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, farcicality, humor, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, wit, wittiness,… …

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