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Droll

Droll (droll)
a.(?)
Droll
[Compar. Droller (?); superl. Drollest (?).] [F. drôle; cf. G. *** D. drollig, LG. drullig, D. drol a thick and short person, a droll, Sw. troll a mag
  1. Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.

    Syn. -- Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous; ridiculous; queer; odd; waggish; facetious; merry; laughable; ludicrous. -- Droll, Laughable, Comical. Laughable is the generic term, denoting anything exciting laughter or worthy of laughter; comical denotes something of the kind exhibited in comedies, something humorous of the kind exhibited in comedies, something, as it were, dramatically humorous; droll stands lower on the scale, having reference to persons or things which excite laughter by their buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical adventure; a droll story.

Droll

Droll (droll)
n.
Droll
  1. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.
    Prior.
  2. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.

Droll

Droll (droll)
v. i.
Droll
  1. To jest] to play the buffoon.
    [R.]

Droll

Droll (droll)
v. t.
Droll
  1. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.

    Men that will not be reasoned into their senses, may yet be laughed or drolled into them. L'Estrange.

  2. To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.
    [R.]

    This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. W. D. Howells.













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