droll meaning in General Dictionary
to guide or influence by jest or trick to banter or jest to cajole
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- To jest to play the buffoon
- One whose practice it's to improve mirth by odd tricks a jester a buffoon a merry andrew
- Queer and fitted to trigger laughter ludicrous from oddity amusing and odd
- comical in an odd or whimsical way
- Queer, and fitted to trigger laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and unusual.
- One whose training it is to increase mirth by odd tips; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.
- anything exhibited to boost mirth or recreation, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
- To jest; to try out the buffoon.
- to guide or impact by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.
- which will make a jest of; setting in a comical light.
droll meaning in Etymology Dictionary
1620s, from French dr
droll meaning in General Dictionary
(superl.) Queer, and fitted to trigger laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and unusual.
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- (n.) One whose rehearse it really is to raise mirth by odd tips; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.
- (n.) anything exhibited to improve mirth or recreation, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
- (v. i.) To jest; to try out the buffoon.
- (v. t.) To lead or impact by jest or technique; to banter or jest; to cajole.
- (v. t.) To help make a jest of; setting in a comical light.
Sentence Examples with the word droll
Even while he utters his cynical wisdom in an indescribably droll voice, he makes you feel that his heart is a tender Iliad of human sympathy.