Droll

Definition of Droll

Pronunciation: drōl
a.1.Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.
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.
v. i.1.To jest; to play the buffoon.
[imp. & p. p. Drolled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Drolling.]
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.
This drolling everything is rather fatiguing.
- W. D. Howells.

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