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drollery.

Comical quality.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdɹəʊləɹi/
  1. Comical quality.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Amusing behavior.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Something humorous, funny or comical.

    countable · uncountable
  4. A puppet show; a comic play or entertainment; a comic picture; a caricature.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
  5. A joke; a funny story.

    countable · uncountable
  6. A small decorative image in the margin of an illuminated manuscript.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From French drôlerie, from drôle + -erie; equivalent to droll + -ery.

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