The action or disposition of a wag; drollery, jocularity; in early use chiefly, mischievous drollery, practical joking.
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| 释义 | the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] (32) waggery1594 The action or disposition of a wag; drollery, jocularity; in early use chiefly, mischievous drollery, practical joking. knavery1600 In weakened use. A mischievous trick, a prank; (as a mass noun) mischief, waggishness. Cf. knave, n. 3b. Obsolete. joking1670 The action of joke, v.; jesting. joking apart. leg-pulling1879 the practice of attempting to deceive or mislead others in a playful way or as a joke; an instance of this. Subcategories:— instance of (15) — state or character (5) — one who (8) |
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