drollery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a comic incident or series of incidents
    comedy; funniness; clowning.
  2. noun a quaint and amusing jest
    waggery.

WordNet

Droll"er*y noun
Etymology
F. drôlerie. See Droll.
Wordforms
plural Drolleries
Definitions
  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 1913