droll Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite comical in an odd or whimsical manner
- a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor
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Droll adjective
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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 noun
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One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. Prior. -
Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
Droll intransitive verb
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To jest; to play the buffoon. R.
Droll transitive verb
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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.
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To make a jest of; to set in a comical light. R.This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. W. D. Howells.