What does funniment mean?
Funniment means Drollery, jesting, a funny saying or action..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Drollery, jesting, a funny saying or action..
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.
Use funniment when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Funniment means Drollery, jesting, a funny saying or action..
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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.
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