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droll.

Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.

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Meaning & usage

adj/dɹəʊl/Received-Pronunciation/dɹɒl//dɹoʊl/General-American[dɹoːɫ]Canada

  1. Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.

    Very droll, minister.
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/dɹəʊl/Received-Pronunciation/dɹɒl//dɹoʊl/General-American[dɹoːɫ]Canada

  1. A funny person; a buffoon, a wag.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/dɹəʊl/Received-Pronunciation/dɹɒl//dɹoʊl/General-American[dɹoːɫ]Canada

  1. To jest, to joke.

    archaic · intransitive
Where this word comes from

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.

noun

  1. The ghost of a child, especially one who died a painful death.

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