droll
Meanings
Plural: drolls
Adjective Satellite
- comical in an odd or whimsical manner
- "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"
Adj
- Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
Noun
- A funny person; a buffoon, a wag.
Verb
- To jest, to joke.
Origin / 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
amusing, bright, diverting, droll, entertaining, humorous, jocose, jocular, piquant, quick, quick on the draw, quick-witted, sharp, tongue-in-cheek, witty
Scrabble Score: 6
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