droll

[droll]

Need a mental picture for the word droll? Think of one of those cute homely troll dolls blend those two words together "doll" and "troll" and you get droll, a description of a figure that is adorably strange and whimsically cute.

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Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.

Adjective S.
comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"

superl.
Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.

n.
One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.

n.
Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.

v. i.
To jest; to play the buffoon.

v. t.
To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.

v. t.
To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.

Droll

Droll , a. [Compar. Droller ; superl. Drollest .] [F. dr'93le; cf. G. & D. drollig, LG. drullig, D. drol a thick and short person, a droll, Sw. troll a magical appearance, demon, trolla to use magic arts, enchant, Dan. trold elf, imp, Icel. tr'94ll giant, magician, evil spirit, monster. If this is the origin, cf. Trull.] 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, n. 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, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drolled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Drolling.] To jest; to play the buffoon. [R.]

Droll

Droll, v. 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.

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

This drolling everything is rather fatiguing.

Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.

One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.

To jest; to play the buffoon.

To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.

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