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droll
/ˈdrol/
(
a
.)好笑的,滑稽的,逗趣的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Droll
a.
[
Compar.
Droller
superl.
Drollest
]
Queer
,
and
fitted
to
provoke
laughter
;
ludicrous
from
oddity
;
amusing
and
strange
.
Syn:
--
Comic
;
comical
;
farcical
;
diverting
;
humorous
;
ridiculous
;
queer
;
odd
;
waggish
;
facetious
;
merry
;
laughable
;
ludicrous
. --
Droll
,
Laughable
,
Comical
.
Laughable
is
the
generic
term
,
denoting
anything
exciting
laughter
or
worthy
of
laughter
;
comical
denotes
something
of
the
kind
exhibited
in
comedies
,
something
humorous
of
the
kind
exhibited
in
comedies
,
something
,
as
it
were
,
dramatically
humorous
;
droll
stands
lower
on
the
scale
,
having
reference
to
persons
or
things
which
excite
laughter
by
their
buffoonery
or
oddity
.
A
laughable
incident
;
a
comical
adventure
;
a
droll
story
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Droll
,
n.
1.
One
whose
practice
it
is
to
raise
mirth
by
odd
tricks
;
a
jester
;
a
buffoon
;
a
merry-andrew
.
2.
Something
exhibited
to
raise
mirth
or
sport
,
as
a
puppet
,
a
farce
,
and
the
like
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Droll
,
v. i.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Drolled
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Drolling
.]
To
jest
;
to
play
the
buffoon
. [
R
.]
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Droll
,
v. t.
1.
To
lead
or
influence
by
jest
or
trick
;
to
banter
or
jest
;
to
cajole
.
Men
that
will
not
be
reasoned
into
their
senses
,
may
yet
be
laughed
or
drolled
into
them
.
--
L'Estrange
.
2.
To
make
a
jest
of
;
to
set
in
a
comical
light
. [
R
.]
This
drolling
everything
is
rather
fatiguing
.
--
W
.
D
.
Howells
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
droll
adj
:
comical
in
an
odd
or
whimsical
manner
; "
a
droll
little
man
with
a
quiet
tongue-in-cheek
kind
of
humor
"
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