waggery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun waggish behavior
    waggishness.
  2. noun a quaint and amusing jest
    drollery.

WordNet

Wag"ger*y noun
Etymology
From Wag.
Wordforms
plural Waggeries
Definitions
  1. The manner or action of a wag; mischievous merriment; sportive trick or gayety; good-humored sarcasm; pleasantry; jocularity; as, the waggery of a schoolboy. Locke.
    A drollery and lurking waggery of expression. W. Irving.

Webster 1913