Meaning

6 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Comical quality.

    ю́морjúmor, коми́чностьkomíčnostʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)Amusing behavior.

    заба́вностьzabávnostʹ

    a quaint and amusing jest

  3. (countable, uncountable)Something humorous, funny or comical.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A joke; a funny story.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A small decorative image in the margin of an illuminated manuscript.

  6. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A puppet show; a comic play or entertainment; a comic picture; a caricature.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
comical quality:
amusing behavior:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: drolleries

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
drivewaydrizzledromedarydronedrool

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