waggery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Droll behaviour characteristic of a wag. countable,uncountable
    — Earnestly bent upon fulfilling the weighty, nay solemn, responsibilities of his office at all hazard, even at the risk of so far neglecting his parliamentary duties as to appear upon the division-list less frequently than any of his colleagues, Sir John Pakington wore the wooden spoon at the whitebait dinner, though with an air of waggery — almost as a decoration.
  2. A droll remark or jest. countable

词形变化

waggeries plural

词源

Etymology tree
English wag
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English waggery
From wag + -ery.
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