Meaning of funniment | Babel Free

Definitions

Drollery, jesting, a funny saying or action.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“For the funniments of the fair, I confess I have little relish. Springing a rattle, I always deemed something too serious for a joke; and no nautical gentleman ever yet laughed at having his back scratched.”

“[…]; and at some of Barry’s funniments the Prince of Wales and his royal sister laughed[…]”

“His disguise as the Baron Mugwump also lent itself to much funniment.”

“Therefore he has Berowne leave the stage first, lets Costard lag behind for a little solitary funniment, and then bolt after Berowne. If the funniment raises a laugh, that breaks contact, as it were, and continuity.”

“Mrs. Levine, mother of former Councilman Arnold Levine, totes around an array of jokes and general funniments.”

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