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adjective
1.
amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
noun
2.
a droll person; jester; wag.
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Drollness
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
verb (used without object)
3.
Archaic. to jest; joke.
Origin:
1615–25; < Middle French drolle pleasant rascal < Middle Dutch drol a fat little man
1615–25; < Middle French drolle pleasant rascal < Middle Dutch drol a fat little man
Related forms
droll·ness, noun
drol·ly, adverb
Antonyms
1. serious.
1. serious.
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Word Origin & History
droll
1620s, from Fr. drole "odd, comical, funny" (1580s), in M.Fr. a noun meaning "a merry fellow," possibly from M.Du. drol "fat little fellow, goblin," or M.H.G. trolle "clown," ultimately from O.N. troll "giant, troll" (see troll (n.)).
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