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Waggery

noun
(pl. waggeries)
1.
Waggish behavior.  Synonym: waggishness.
2.
A quaint and amusing jest.  Synonym: drollery.






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"Waggery" Quotes from Famous Books



... attic salt; atticism^; salt, esprit, point, fancy, whim, drollery, pleasantry. farce, buffoonery, fooling, tomfoolery; shenanigan [U.S.], harlequinade &c 599 [Obs.]; broad farce, broad humor; fun, espieglerie [Fr.]; vis comica [Lat.]. jocularity; jocosity, jocoseness^; facetiousness; waggery, waggishness; whimsicality; comicality &c 853. banter, badinage, retort, repartee, smartness, ready wit, quid- pro-quo; ridicule &c 856. jest, joke, jape, jibe; facetiae [Lat.], levity, quips and cranks; capital joke; canorae nugae [Lat.]; standing jest, standing ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



Words linked to "Waggery" :   play, sport, waggishness, jest, fun, joke, jocularity



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