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drollery

N เรื่องตลก น่าขัน rueang-ta-lok-nar-khan

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DROLLER

n.A jester; a buffoon.

DROLLERY

n. 1. Sportive tricks; buffoonery; comical stories; gestures, manners or tales adapted to raise mirth.
2. A puppet-show.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DROLLER

DROLLER Droll "er, n.

Defn: A jester; a droll. [Obs. ] Glanvill.

DROLLERY

Droll "er *y, n.; pl. Drolleries. Etym: [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. [Obs. ] Shak. (b ) A lively or comic picture. [Obs. ] I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. Evelyn.