drollery

  • 121droll — [drəʊl] adjective amusing in a strange or quaint way. noun archaic a jester; a buffoon. Derivatives drollery noun drollness noun drolly drəʊlli adverb Origin C17: from Fr. drôle, perh. from MDu …

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  • 122fun — n. Pleasantry, drollery, sport, merriment, frolic, gayety …

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  • 123jocularity — n. Jocoseness, facetiousness, waggishness, waggery, drollery, sportiveness, merriment, pleasantry, mirth, fun …

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  • 124pleasantry — n. 1. Gayety, merriment, sport, fun, frolic, jollity. 2. Facetiousness, jocularity, jocoseness, drollery, good humor, waggery. 3. Lively or witty remark, witticism, joke, sally, sprightly saying, jest, quip, quirk, bon mot. 4. Raillery, wit,… …

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  • 125waggery — n. Jocularity, facetiousness, drollery, pleasantry, humor, fun, waggishness, mischievous merriment, sport, roguery, jocosity, jocoseness …

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  • 126wit — n. 1. Intellect, understanding, mind, sense, reason, genius, mental power, intellectual faculties, thinking principle, mother wit. 2. Quick perception (as of partial resemblance in things mostly unlike), keen discernment, acumen, penetration,… …

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  • 127zanyism — n. Buffoonery, clownishness, drollery, harlequinism, foolery …

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  • 128frolic — I. n. 1. Gambol, escapade, lark, wild prank, flight of levity, spree (colloq.). 2. Fun, pleasantry, drollery. 3. Scene of merriment, merry making. II. a. (Poetical.) Frolicsome, merry, sportive, playful, gamesome, gay, lively, frisky, joyous,… …

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