Comicry
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The power to cause mirth; comicalness. uncountable
"But neither has Addison his freshness, his hearty and broad ridicule, the cheerful comicry which will not be satisfied with an elegant simper, but must have the loud and open laugh."
Example
More examples"But neither has Addison his freshness, his hearty and broad ridicule, the cheerful comicry which will not be satisfied with an elegant simper, but must have the loud and open laugh."
Etymology
From comic + -ry.
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