† lepidityn.
Obsolete.
Facetiousness, wit; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry
playOE
gameOE
ragec1330
ribaldyc1330
triflinga1382
bourda1387
japeryc1386
jesting1526
jest1551
jollity1591
pleasantry1602
lepidity1647
drollery1653
droll1670
sport1671
pleasancy1684
funniment1822
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke
gameOE
jape1377
bourda1387
mirthc1390
mowa1393
chapec1400
skauncec1440
sport?1449
popc1540
flirt1549
jest1551
merriment1576
shifta1577
facetiae1577
gig1590
pleasantry1594
lepidity1647
rallery1653
drollery1654
wit-crack1662
joco1663
pleasance1668
joke1670
jocunditya1734
quizzification1801
funniment1826
side-splitter1834
funniness1838
quizzery1841
jocularity1846
rib-tickler1855
jocosity1859
humorism1860
gag1863
gas1914
nifty1918
mirthquaker1921
rib1929
boffo1934
giggle1936
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 74 For Levity, read Lepidity.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lepidity, delectableness, or good grace in speech.
1694 J. Howe Wks. (1834) 144/2 In a discourse upon so grave a subject some lepidities had been left out.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
n.1647