drollery

== English == === Alternative forms === drolerie (archaic) === Etymology === From French drôlerie, from drôle +‎ -erie; equivalent to droll +‎ -ery. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɹəʊləɹi/ === Noun === drollery (countable and uncountable, plural drolleries) 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. A small decorative image in the margin of an illuminated manuscript. ==== Translations ==== === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “drollery”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.