drollery

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdɹəʊləɹi/

Noun

countable uncountable archaic

Comical quality. / Amusing behavior. / Something humorous, funny or comical. / (archaic) A puppet show; a comic play or entertainment; a comic picture; a caricature. / A joke; a funny story.

Japanese Meaning

滑稽さ、面白さ / 愉快な行動、面白い振る舞い / ユーモラスなもの、面白いもの / (古語) 人形芝居、滑稽劇、コミカルな娯楽、風刺画 / 冗談、面白い話

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Her drollery lightened the tense meeting and made everyone laugh.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女の滑稽さが緊張した会議の雰囲気を和らげ、皆を笑わせた。

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Sense（1）

Comical quality.

He found that Sally had a restrained, but keen, sense of the ridiculous, and she made remarks about the girls or the men who were set over them which amused him by their unexpected drollery.

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Sense（2）

Amusing behavior.

Sense（3）

Something humorous, funny or comical.

Sense（4）

(archaic) A puppet show; a comic play or entertainment; a comic picture; a caricature.

Sebastian: A liuing Drolerie : now I will beleeue

That there are Vnicornes : that in Arabia

There is one Tree, the Phœnix throne, one Phœnix

At this houre reigning there.

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Sense（5）

A joke; a funny story.

Sense（6）

A small decorative image in the margin of an illuminated manuscript.

drolleries

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