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Meaning of "drollery" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DROLLERY

drollery  [ˈdrəʊlərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DROLLERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drollery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DROLLERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

drollery

Drolleries

Drolleries, often called a grotesque, are decorative thumbnail images in the margins of Illuminated manuscripts, most popular from about 1250 through the 15th century, though found earlier and later. The most common types of drollery images appear as mixed creatures, either between different animals, or between animals and human beings, or even between animals and plants or inorganic things. Examples include cocks with human heads, dogs carrying human masks, archers winding out of a fish’s mouth, bird-like dragons with an elephant’s head on the back. Often they have a thematic connection with the subject of the text of the page, and larger miniatures, and they usually form part of a wider scheme of decorated margins, though some are effectively doodles added later. One manuscript, The Croy Hours, has so many it has become known as The Book of Drolleries. Another manuscript that contains many drolleries is the Luttrell Psalter, which has hybrid creatures and other monsters on a great deal of the pages.

Definition of drollery in the English dictionary

The definition of drollery in the dictionary is humour; comedy. Other definition of drollery is a droll act, story, or remark.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DROLLERY


ampullary
æmˈpʊlərɪ
cajolery
kəˈdʒəʊlərɪ
calculary
ˈkælkjʊlərɪ
capitulary
kəˈpɪtjʊlərɪ
cartulary
ˈkɑːtjʊlərɪ
chartulary
ˈtʃɑːtjʊlərɪ
constabulary
kənˈstæbjʊlərɪ
formulary
ˈfɔːmjʊlərɪ
nummulary
ˈnʌmjʊlərɪ
owlery
ˈaʊlərɪ
patibulary
pəˈtɪbjʊlərɪ
preambulary
prɪˈæmbjʊlərɪ
reticulary
rɪˈtɪkjʊlərɪ
scapulary
ˈskæpjʊlərɪ
singulary
ˈsɪŋɡjʊlərɪ
somnambulary
sɒmˈnæmbjʊlərɪ
stipulary
ˈstɪpjʊlərɪ
titulary
ˈtɪtjʊlərɪ
vocabulary
vəˈkæbjʊlərɪ
volary
ˈvəʊlərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DROLLERY

drogue
droich
droichy
droil
droit
droit de suite
droit du seigneur
drole
droll
drolleries
drollish
drollness
drolly
dromedaries
dromedary
dromic
dromon
dromond
dromophobia
dromos

WORDS THAT END LIKE DROLLERY

art gallery
artillery
celery
costume jewellery
distillery
field artillery
gallery
horse artillery
jewellery
ladies´ gallery
National Gallery
National Portrait Gallery
peanut gallery
photo gallery
picture gallery
play to the gallery
portrait gallery
press gallery
public gallery
rogues´ gallery
viewing gallery

Synonyms and antonyms of drollery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DROLLERY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «drollery» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of drollery

Translation of «drollery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DROLLERY

Find out the translation of drollery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drollery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drollery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

drollery
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

drollery
570 millions of speakers

English

drollery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

drollery
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

drollery
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

drollery
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

drollery
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রগড়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

drôlerie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Drollery
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Skurrilität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

drollery
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

drollery
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Drollery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trò khôi hài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

drollery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ड्रिलरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

maskaralık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

buffoneria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dowcipy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

drollery
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Oare panarama
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αστειότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grappenmakerij
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drollery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

drollery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drollery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DROLLERY»

The term «drollery» is regularly used and occupies the 103.796 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DROLLERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «drollery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «drollery» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drollery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROLLERY»

Discover the use of drollery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drollery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Manuscript, Print, and the English Renaissance Lyric
On its title page, The Harmony of the Muses (1654) names nine authors of the verse it contains, "Dr. Joh. Donn, Dr. I22 Clearly, these two books literally took the heat that others didn't (for example the bawdier Wit and Drollery or Musarum ...
Arthur F. Marotti, 1995
2
Merry Drollery Compleat, Being Jovial Poems, Merry Songs, and C
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth, 2010
3
Merry Drollery Compleat, Being Jovial Poems, Merry Songs, and C.
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth, 2012
4
The Female Critick; Or, Letters in Drollery from Ladies to ...
M. S.. LETTER xxn. v Kennel! What' tho' the Vulgar call you Beast 2 hath not 'fo- ue often transform'd himshlf into a Beast for his Recreations P And since happiness ariseth from the results of a Man's own Opinion; and not from what others ...
M. S., 1701
5
The bibliographer's manual of English literature: containing ...
London. 8vo. Drollery. Norfolk Drollery. 1673. See Stevenson, Mathew. Grammatical Drollery. 1682. See Hickes, William. Covent Oaiden Drollery. 1672. See Eromk, Alexander. London Drollery. Choice Drollery, with Songs and Sonnets. 1656.
William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn, 1834
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Choyce Drollery - Songs and Sonnets - Being a Collection of ...
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Various, 2010
7
Puppets and "popular" Culture
"strange shapes" to "a living drollery" is a curious one, however, for it makes better sense from the audience's point of view than from his. By this time the audience is well aware that the various spiritual beings on the island are one kind of ...
Scott Cutler Shershow, 1995
8
The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature
Westminster-Drollery : or a choice collection of the newest songs and poems both at court and theaters by a person of quality, never before publish'd. 167 1. Grolier, 1905. See 1672, 1674, More. Westminster-Drollery: or a choice collection, ...
George Watson, Ian R. Willison, 1971
9
Bibliotheca Heberiana: catalogue of the library of the late ...
639 DROLLERIES, Choyce Drollery. Songs and Sonnets, being A Collection of divers excellent pieces of Poetry of Severall eminent Authors, never before printed. Printed by J. G.for Robert Pollard, 1656 *¥* This is one of the most intrinsically ...
10
Merry Drollery Compleat, Being Jovial Poems, Merry Songs, ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROLLERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drollery is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Terminator Genisys: Old but not obsolete
... when Arnie throws in those sterling biff-bangs, and even manages some chuckle-inducing drollery, science can take a giant leap of faith. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
2
'Conan' heading to Comic-Con
#One outfit in particular is sure to draw O'Brien's attention, he notes with his typical drollery: “I hope to get up close and personal with women in ... «The Albany Herald, Jul 15»
3
ESPN Revs Up New Spots for AARP
While the CreativeWorks spots are brief, they're meant to pack in as much of Mr. Mayne's signature drollery as is possible. The ESPN mainstay ... «AdAge.com, Jun 15»
4
Dying Light Doubling Down On #DrinkForDLC Drollery
When it was discovered that Bungie and Activision were siphoning off Destiny: The Taken King content and making it a timed exclusive to Red ... «GameSided, Jun 15»
5
TIFF's Summer In Italy offers a cinematic look at La Dolce Vita
The self-centred husband (George Sanders, all charm drained out of his usual drollery when he is out of his posh drawing-room element and in ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
6
Pulley: Memories of father — perspective changes with time
Did his drollery and witticisms help propel him out of the funk of the 1930s? And would he have been successful without that long period of ... «Springfield News-Leader, Jun 15»
7
Crowded house
One moment of question time drollery this week saw the Prime Minister slip a tad when laying into Labor over its failure on boat turnbacks ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
8
Kathryn Williams: 'Sylvia was a big shadow over my writing'
She's one for drollery, is Kath, swearing frequently and loudly in the fancy basement restaurant of north London venue JW3, where later she will ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
9
This 'Threesome' provokes in unexpected ways
But I will praise how the actors, and Coleman, navigate so nimbly between drollery and anguish, even when the script doesn't make it easy for ... «The Seattle Times, Jun 15»
10
'Jurassic World': Film Review
For this outing, at least, Trevorrow has sidelined slow-burn drollery in favor of the requisite five-speed transmission and booming speaker ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Drollery [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/drollery>. May 2024 ».
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