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drollery
This term describes a specific brand of humor that is dry, quirky, and slightly eccentric. It suggests a playful oddity rather than a loud or obvious joke, often evoking a sense of understated irony or a whimsical surprise that catches the observer off guard.
In an art historical context, the word refers to the marginalia of medieval texts. These grotesque or fanciful figures serve as a visual counterpoint to the solemnity of the main text, blending the sacred with the absurd through intricate, often surreal imagery.
Meanings
Examples
His dry drollery often caught people off guard during the meeting.
I love the strange drollery found in these ancient texts.
She has a certain drollery that makes her stories captivating.
Look at this tiny drollery of a rabbit playing a lute in the margin.
The professor spoke with a subtle drollery that kept the students engaged.
There is a touch of drollery in the way he describes his failures.
The cathedral ceiling is adorned with various pieces of stone drollery.
He possesses a quiet drollery that only his closest friends appreciate.