comicry

English

Etymology

From comic +‎ -ry.

Noun

comicry (uncountable)

1. The power to cause mirth; comicalness.
   • 1869, Henry Giles, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in Lectures and Essays on Irish and Other Subject:

     But neither has Addison his freshness, his hearty and broad ridicule, the cheerful comicry which will not be satisfied with an elegant simper, but must have the loud and open laugh.

References

“comicry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.