Droll

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  • adjective. Amusingly odd or whimsically comical.
  • noun. A buffoon.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A waggish fellow; one whose practice or occupation is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester, merry-andrew, or buffoon.
  • noun. A farce; a dramatic entertainment intended to amuse.
  • To jest; play the buffoon.
  • To lead or influence by jest or trick; cajole.
  • To turn into a jest.
  • Waggish; facetious; comical.
  • Ludicrous; queer; laughable; ridiculous: as, a droll story; a droll scene.
  • Synonyms Comical, Funny, etc. (see ludicrous); amusing, farcical, waggish, fantastic, whimsical.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.
  • noun. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
  • intransitive verb. To jest; to play the buffoon.
  • transitive verb. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.
  • transitive verb. To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.
  • adjective. Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish
  • noun. A buffoon
  • verb. To joke, to jest.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. comical in an odd or whimsical manner
  • Word Usage
    "You also get Truffaut's interview excerpts with Hitch, which is as close to a full commentary from him as we'll ever have. imagine what a treat that would be: Hitchcock holding forth in droll glory for nearly two hours."
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