droll

English - Turkish

Definition of droll in English Turkish dictionary: komik; acayip; tuhaf; eğlenceli; gülünç; drollness tuhaflık; gülünç oluş; drolly gülünç ve tuhaf bir şekilde; maskara; tuhaf kimse; soytarı; {s} garip; acayiplik
droll looking: görünümlü komik
drolly: tuhaf bir biçimde
drolly: jest yaparak

English - English

Definition of droll in English English dictionary: To jest
Eh, man, said I, drolling with him a little, you're very ingenious! But would it not be simpler for you to write him a few words in black and white?.; A buffoon
Our two inimitable drolls did a roaring trade with their broadsheets among lovers of the comedy element and nobody who has a corner in his heart for real Irish fun without vulgarity will grudge them their hardearned pennies.; oddly humorous; whimsical; {n} a jester, odd or arch fellow, bussoon, farce; {v} to play the bussoon, jest, be merry; {n} a drone; {a} comical, facical, humorous, odd, merry; {v} to work lazily; To jest; to play the buffoon; Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange; To make a jest of; to set in a comical light; To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole; {s} humorous, odd, funny, amusing; comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"; One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew; Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like; Something or someone that is droll is amusing or witty, sometimes in an unexpected way. The band have a droll sense of humour. amusing in an unusual way (drôle); comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor
A droll: drollist
droller: A jester; a droll
drollness: The quality of being odd or comical
drollness: {i} humorousness, quality of being amusing or funny
drolls: plural of droll
drolly: In a droll, odd or humorous manner
drolly: in jest, humorously

droll

Turkish pronunciation

drōl

Synonyms

absurd, camp, campy, clownish, comic, comical, crack-up, diverting, eccentric, entertaining, for grins, funny, gagged up, gelastic, humorous

Antonyms

dramatic, serious, traumatic, unfunny

Pronunciation

/ˈdrōl/ /ˈdroʊl/

Etymology

[ 'drOl ] (adjective.) 1623. 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", of Germanic origin, from Middle Dutch drol "fat little man, goblin" from Old Norse troll "giant, troll" (compare Middle High German trolle "clown"), from Proto-Germanic *truzlan (“creature which walks clumsily”) from Proto-Germanic *truzlanan (“to walk with short steps”). More at troll.