Category:Pleasantry

Pleas"ant*ry, n.; pl. Pleasantries. Etym: [f. plaisanterie. See Pleasant.]

Defn: that which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; Cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness In conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage. The grave abound in pleasantries, the dull in repartees and points of Wit. Addison. The keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a finished man of the World. Macaulay.