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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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Droll
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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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- The collage-and-paint illustrations of the mice are droll.
- It's a kid's book, but extremely charming and droll.
- So is their droll, devil-may-care inventiveness.
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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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droll
short comic scene or farce adapted from an existing play or created by actors, performed in England during the period of the Civil Wars and the Commonwealth (1642-60) while the London theatres were closed down by the Puritans. Because stage plays were prohibited at this time, actors developed other, shorter means of entertainment to circumvent the restrictions, performing drolls in inns and at fairs on improvised stages
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