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funniment

noun

Etymology

From funny + -ment, on model of merriment.

  1. derived from *peymen-✻
  2. derived from *faimnijǭ✻
  3. derived from *faimnijā✻
  4. derived from fonna
  5. derived from fáni — “vain person, swaggerer”
  6. derived from fonne — “a fool, dupe”
  7. inherited from fonne
  8. suffixed as funny — “fun + y”
  9. suffixed as funniment — “funny + ment”

Definitions

  1. 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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA