(Grotesque) Animal and human hybrids that inhabit the initials and foliate borders of Gothic manuscript leaves.

amusing, often grotesque characters hidden away either in letter forms or separately in the margins.

a quaint and amusing jest

A puppet show; also, a puppet.

The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.

A lively or comic picture.

a comic incident or series of incidents

Something which serves to raise mirth