drolleries
Quaint comedic remarks
Drolleries are amusing or whimsical things—jokes, witticisms, or playful antics meant to entertain.
The word often carries a slightly old-fashioned or literary flavor: His drolleries kept the dinner party lively.
In art history, drolleries are the comical figures and grotesque creatures found in medieval manuscript margins—monks with animal heads, rabbits jousting, irreverent scenes tucked beside sacred text.
Notes in page edges
- illuminationProvision of light
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- gargoyleDecorative architectural waterspout
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
bestiary · folio · parchment · codex · ornamentation · vignette · bas-relief · scriptorium
Overstating beyond reality
- satireMockery exposing vice
- parodySatirical imitation
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
burlesque · travesty · send-up · spoof · ridicule · grotesque · distortion · mimicry
Humorous remarks or stories
- punsJokes using sound similarities
- witClever, inventive humor
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- quipsBrief witty remarks
repartee · jests · witticism · bon-mot · raillery · levity · mirth · waggishness
Odd collectible item
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- curiosityDesire to learn
- noveltyQuality of being original
- bric-a-bracMiscellaneous small ornaments
knickknack · oddity · tchotchke · objet · bauble · trinket · ornament · whimsy
marginalia
Notes in page edges
- illuminationProvision of light
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- gargoyleDecorative architectural waterspout
grotesque · bestiary · folio · parchment · codex · ornamentation · vignette · bas-relief · scriptorium · hybrid-creature
exaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
mockery · burlesque · travesty · send-up · spoof · ridicule · grotesque · distortion · mimicry · impersonation
jokes
Humorous remarks or stories
quips · repartee · jests · witticism · bon-mot · raillery · levity · mirth · waggishness · facetiousness
curio
Odd collectible item
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- curiosityDesire to learn
- noveltyQuality of being original
bric-a-brac · knickknack · oddity · tchotchke · objet · bauble · trinket · ornament · whimsy · decorative
drolleriesslapstick
Exaggerated physical humor
buffoonery · broad comedy · farce · pratfalls · physical comedy
drolleriessolemnities
Serious ceremonial observances
gravities · seriousness · lamentations · tragedies · dirges
drolleriestedium
Wearisome dullness
dullness · banalities · boredom · platitudes · dreariness