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Webster 1913 Edition

Droll

Droll

,
Noun.
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

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Drolled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Drolling
.]
To jest; to play the buffoon.
[R.]

Droll

,
Verb.
T.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Droll

DROLL

,
Adj.
[G.] Odd; merry; facetious; comical; as a droll fellow.

DROLL

,
Noun.
1.
One whose occupation or practice is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon.
2.
A farce; something exhibited to raise mirth or sport.

DROLL

,
Verb.
I.
To jest; to play the buffoon.

DROLL

,
Verb.
T.
To cheat.

Definition 2024

droll

droll

English

Adjective

droll ‎(comparative droller, superlative drollest)

  1. oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:witty

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Translations

Noun

droll ‎(plural drolls)

  1. (archaic) A buffoon
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 12, The Cyclops
      Our two inimitable drolls did a roaring trade with their broadsheets among lovers of the comedy element and nobody who has a corner in his heart for real Irish fun without vulgarity will grudge them their hardearned pennies.

Verb

droll ‎(third-person singular simple present drolls, present participle drolling, simple past and past participle drolled)

  1. (archaic) To joke, to jest.
    • 1886, Robert Louise Stevenson, Kidnapped
      "Eh, man," said I, drolling with him a little, "you're very ingenious! But would it not be simpler for you to write him a few words in black and white?

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔtl

Noun

droll n ‎(genitive singular drolls, no plural)

  1. dawdling, loitering

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Etymology

From French drôle ‎(“comical, odd, funny”), from drôle ‎(“buffoon”) from Middle French drolle ‎(“a merry fellow, pleasant rascal”) from Old French drolle ‎(“one who lives luxuriously”), from Middle Dutch drol ‎(“fat little man, goblin”) from Old Norse troll ‎(“giant, troll”) (compare Middle High German trolle ‎(“clown”)), from Proto-Germanic *truzlą ‎(“creature which walks clumsily”), from Proto-Germanic *truzlaną ‎(“to walk with short steps”). More at troll.

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