drolleryn.

/ˈdrəʊləri/

Forms: Also 1600s drol(l)erie, drolrie ( drawlerie, drallery), drollary.

Etymology: < French drôlerie (1584 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter; also draulerie in Cotgrave), < drôle : see -ery suffix.

1. The action of a droll; waggery, jesting.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry

playOE

gameOE

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ribaldyc1330

triflinga1382

bourda1387

japeryc1386

jesting1526

jest1551

jollity1591

pleasantry1602

lepidity1647

drollery1653

droll1670

sport1671

pleasancy1684

funniment1822

1653–4 B. Whitelocke Jrnl. Swedish Ambassy (1772) I. 279 So they parted in much drollerye.

1668 J. Glanvill Blow at Mod. Sadducism 142 An affected humour of Drollery, and Scoffing.

1743 J. Morris Serm. vi. 202 Better..than to make it the subject of their jests and drollery.

1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) II. 22 This [faculty of caricature] is Drollery rather than Humour.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iv. 109 A humour for drollery and sarcasm.

2. Something humorous or funny:

†a. A comic play or entertainment; a puppet-show; a puppet.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > puppet-show

puppet play1565

puppet show1574

motion1589

drollerya1616

poppet-play1633

poppet-show1650

drolla1657

poppy-show1691

fantoccini1771

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. iii. 21 What were these?.. A liuing Drolerie.

a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) i. ii. 5 Our women the best Linguists, they are Parrats; O' this side the Alpes they are nothing but meer Drollaries.

1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre Induct. sig. A6 in Wks. II Those that beget Tales, Tempests, and such like Drolleries.

1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. ii. xiii. 281 A land that has never been blessed by that fatal drollery called a representative government.

†b. A comic picture or drawing; a caricature.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > comic or cartoon

drollery1600

comic cut1831

cartoon1843

comic strip1913

panel1920

strip1920

frame1932

strip cartoon1936

manhwa1988

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 146 For thy wals a pretty sleight drollery..is worth a thousand of these bed-hangers.

1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London Ded. A Drollerie (or Dutch peece of Lantskop) may sometimes breed in the beholders eye, as much delectatiõ, as the best & most curious master-peece excellẽt in that Art.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 39 We arived late at Roterdam, where was..their annual Mart or Faire, so furnish'd with pictures (especially Landscips, and Drolleries, as they call those clownish representations) as I was amaz'd.

1888 F. T. Palgrave in 19th Cent. Jan. 85 [Dutch] pictures..were not classed in the range of serious work; they bore commonly the significant name of Drolleries.

c. A jest; a facetious story or tale.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke

gameOE

jape1377

bourda1387

mirthc1390

mowa1393

chapec1400

skauncec1440

sport?1449

popc1540

flirt1549

jest1551

merriment1576

shifta1577

facetiae1577

gig1590

pleasantry1594

lepidity1647

rallery1653

drollery1654

wit-crack1662

joco1663

pleasance1668

joke1670

jocunditya1734

quizzification1801

funniment1826

side-splitter1834

funniness1838

quizzery1841

jocularity1846

rib-tickler1855

jocosity1859

humorism1860

gag1863

gas1914

nifty1918

mirthquaker1921

rib1929

boffo1934

giggle1936

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. i. 170 Let it be if you please a Drawlery upon it.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 121 The King is very much pleased with such Fictions and Drolleries.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems l. 4 Scribbling drolleries each of us together.

3. The quality of being droll; quaint humour.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > quaint

drollery1742

1742 R. West Let. 12 Apr. in T. Gray Corr. (1971) I. 195 Old words revived..add a certain drollery to the comic, and a romantic gravity to the serious.

1856 T. B. Macaulay Goldsmith in Misc. Writ. (1860) II. 255 The rich drollery of ‘She Stoops to Conquer’.

Derivatives

droˈllerical adj. comical.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting

bourdfula1425

pleasant1530

facete1600

joculary1605

merrya1616

jocundary1618

lepidc1619

droll1623

humorousa1652

drollerical1656

humoursome1656

drollish1674

ludicrous1687

humorific1819

jestful1831

humoristica1834

1656 S. Holland Don Zara i. ii. 19 This Drollericall Poem mightily augmented our Champions mirth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	drollery
释义	drolleryn. /ˈdrəʊləri/ Forms: Also 1600s drol(l)erie, drolrie ( drawlerie, drallery), drollary. Etymology: < French drôlerie (1584 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter; also draulerie in Cotgrave), < drôle : see -ery suffix. 1. The action of a droll; waggery, jesting. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry playOE gameOE ragec1330 ribaldyc1330 triflinga1382 bourda1387 japeryc1386 jesting1526 jest1551 jollity1591 pleasantry1602 lepidity1647 drollery1653 droll1670 sport1671 pleasancy1684 funniment1822 1653–4 B. Whitelocke Jrnl. Swedish Ambassy (1772) I. 279 So they parted in much drollerye. 1668 J. Glanvill Blow at Mod. Sadducism 142 An affected humour of Drollery, and Scoffing. 1743 J. Morris Serm. vi. 202 Better..than to make it the subject of their jests and drollery. 1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) II. 22 This [faculty of caricature] is Drollery rather than Humour. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iv. 109 A humour for drollery and sarcasm. 2. Something humorous or funny: †a. A comic play or entertainment; a puppet-show; a puppet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > puppet-show puppet play1565 puppet show1574 motion1589 drollerya1616 poppet-play1633 poppet-show1650 drolla1657 poppy-show1691 fantoccini1771 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. iii. 21 What were these?.. A liuing Drolerie. a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) i. ii. 5 Our women the best Linguists, they are Parrats; O' this side the Alpes they are nothing but meer Drollaries. 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre Induct. sig. A6 in Wks. II Those that beget Tales, Tempests, and such like Drolleries. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. ii. xiii. 281 A land that has never been blessed by that fatal drollery called a representative government. †b. A comic picture or drawing; a caricature. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > comic or cartoon drollery1600 comic cut1831 cartoon1843 comic strip1913 panel1920 strip1920 frame1932 strip cartoon1936 manhwa1988 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 146 For thy wals a pretty sleight drollery..is worth a thousand of these bed-hangers. View more context for this quotation 1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London Ded. A Drollerie (or Dutch peece of Lantskop) may sometimes breed in the beholders eye, as much delectatiõ, as the best & most curious master-peece excellẽt in that Art. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 39 We arived late at Roterdam, where was..their annual Mart or Faire, so furnish'd with pictures (especially Landscips, and Drolleries, as they call those clownish representations) as I was amaz'd. 1888 F. T. Palgrave in 19th Cent. Jan. 85 [Dutch] pictures..were not classed in the range of serious work; they bore commonly the significant name of Drolleries. c. A jest; a facetious story or tale. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke gameOE jape1377 bourda1387 mirthc1390 mowa1393 chapec1400 skauncec1440 sport?1449 popc1540 flirt1549 jest1551 merriment1576 shifta1577 facetiae1577 gig1590 pleasantry1594 lepidity1647 rallery1653 drollery1654 wit-crack1662 joco1663 pleasance1668 joke1670 jocunditya1734 quizzification1801 funniment1826 side-splitter1834 funniness1838 quizzery1841 jocularity1846 rib-tickler1855 jocosity1859 humorism1860 gag1863 gas1914 nifty1918 mirthquaker1921 rib1929 boffo1934 giggle1936 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. i. 170 Let it be if you please a Drawlery upon it. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 121 The King is very much pleased with such Fictions and Drolleries. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems l. 4 Scribbling drolleries each of us together. 3. The quality of being droll; quaint humour. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > quaint drollery1742 1742 R. West Let. 12 Apr. in T. Gray Corr. (1971) I. 195 Old words revived..add a certain drollery to the comic, and a romantic gravity to the serious. 1856 T. B. Macaulay Goldsmith in Misc. Writ. (1860) II. 255 The rich drollery of ‘She Stoops to Conquer’. Derivatives droˈllerical adj. comical.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting bourdfula1425 pleasant1530 facete1600 joculary1605 merrya1616 jocundary1618 lepidc1619 droll1623 humorousa1652 drollerical1656 humoursome1656 drollish1674 ludicrous1687 humorific1819 jestful1831 humoristica1834 1656 S. Holland Don Zara i. ii. 19 This Drollericall Poem mightily augmented our Champions mirth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1600
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