English Explanatory Dictionary

droll

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
noun
  1. A funny person; a buffoon, a wag.
verb
  1. To jest, to joke.
noun
  1. The ghost of a child, especially one who died a painful death.
name
  1. A surname from German.

Pronunciation

/dɹəʊl/ /dɹɒl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-droll.wav /dɹoʊl/ [dɹoːɫ]

Word forms

droll droller drollest drolls drolling drolled

Etymology

From French drôle (“comical, odd, funny”), from drôle (“buffoon”) from Middle French drolle (“a merry fellow, pleasant rascal”) from Old French drolle (“one who lives luxuriously”), from Middle Dutch drol (“fat little man, goblin”), itself from Old Norse troll, from Proto-Germanic *truzlą. Doublet of drôle and troll.

Synonyms

witty amusing bright diverting droll entertaining humorous jocose jocular piquant quick quick on the draw quick-witted sharp tongue-in-cheek

Derived words

drollery drollish drollist drollness drolly drollingly
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