Sekirov Dictionary

droll

UK /dɹəʊl/US /dɹoʊl/

adjective 1
noun 2
verb 1
forms 5

adjective1

•
Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
- Very droll, minister.

noun2

•
The ghost of a child, especially one who died a painful death.
- Drolls are spirits of young children who died a painful death. They can be heard, the Negroes say, crying piteously at night in deep swamps and deserted marshland. — 1941
•
(no longer used) A funny person; a buffoon, a wag.
- The lieutenant was a droll in his way, Peregrine possessed a great fund of sprightliness and good humour, and Godfrey, among his other qualifications already recited, sung a most excellent song […]. — 1751

verb1

(no longer used) To jest, to joke.

forms

drolled · drolling · drolls · droller · drollest

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