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- Dictionarydroll/drəʊl/
adjective
- 1. curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement: "his unique brand of droll self-mockery" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a jester or entertainer; a buffoon. archaic
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(Definition of droll from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) droll | American Dictionary. adjective [ -er/-est only ] us / droʊl / Add to word list. amusing in an unusual way: I always loved his droll sense of humor.
The meaning of DROLL is having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality. How to use droll in a sentence.
Droll definition: amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.. See examples of DROLL used in a sentence.
Think of one of those cute-homely troll dolls — blend those two words together — "doll" and "troll" — and you get droll, a description of a figure that is adorably strange and whimsically cute. The word droll comes from the archaic French word drolle, referring to a jolly good fellow.
adjective. us / droʊl / uk / drəʊl / Add to word list. humorous, especially in an unusual way: a droll remark / expression / person. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humor & humorous. amusingly. bitingly. black humor. blackly. bone dry idiom. coruscating. jocose. lightly. make a joke of something idiom.
Something or someone that is droll is amusing or witty, sometimes in an unexpected way. [written] The band have a droll sense of humour. Synonyms: amusing, odd, funny, entertaining More Synonyms of droll. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. droll in British English. (drəʊl ) adjective
1. amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish. n. 2. a droll person; jester; wag. [1615–25; < Middle French drolle pleasant rascal < Middle Dutch drol a fat little man] droll′ness, n. drol′ly, adv. syn: See amusing.
