Definition of DROLLERY

drollery

Plural: drolleries

Noun

  • Something droll; quaint or amusing humor.
  • a comic incident or series of incidents
  • a quaint and amusing jest
  • Comical quality.
  • Amusing behavior.
  • Something humorous, funny or comical.
  • 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.

Examples

  • The DROLLERY of finding a Q without a U made the whole game more entertaining.

Origin / Etymology

From French drôlerie, from drôle + -erie; equivalent to droll + -ery.

Scrabble Score: 12

drollery: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
drollery: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
drollery: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

drollery: valid Words With Friends Word