Drollery
Pronunciation : Droll"er*y
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [F. dr?lerie. See Droll.]
Definition : 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.
pl. Drolleries.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913