droll

[ drohl ]
/ droʊl /

adjective, droll·er, droll·est.

amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.

noun

a droll person; jester; wag.

verb (used without object)

Archaic. to jest; joke.

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Origin of droll

1615–25; < Middle French drolle pleasant rascal < Middle Dutch drol a fat little man

SYNONYMS FOR droll

1 diverting, odd, witty.
2, 3 clown.

ANTONYMS FOR droll

1 serious.

synonym study for droll

1. See amusing.

OTHER WORDS FROM droll

droll·ness, noundrol·ly, adverb

Words nearby droll

droit de suite, droit des gens, droit du seigneur, droitural, droke, droll, drollery, dromedary, dromograph, dromomania, dromond
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Example sentences from the Web for drolled

  • Indeed, it really seems to me,Who now am very old,The drollest bit of drolleryThat ever has been drolled.

    Half-Hours with Jimmieboy|John Kendrick Bangs

British Dictionary definitions for drolled

droll
/ (drəʊl) /

adjective

amusing in a quaint or odd manner; comical

Derived forms of droll

drollness, noundrolly, adverb

Word Origin for droll

C17: from French drôle scamp, from Middle Dutch: imp
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