Dictionary entry

Drollery

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Droll″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Drolleries (#). [F. drôlerie. See Droll.] 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. Shak. (b) A lively or comic picture.

I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. Evelyn.