01 n. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
pl.
Drolleries ((#))
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1.
The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.“The rich drollery of “She Stoops to Conquer.”” — Macaulay.
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2.
Something which serves to raise mirth[Obs.]“I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton.” — Evelyn.