English-Thai Dictionary
droll
A ที่ ตลก น่าขัน ti-ta-lok-nar-khan
drollery
N เรื่องตลก น่าขัน rueang-ta-lok-nar-khan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DROLL
a.[G.] Odd; merry; facetious; comical; as a droll fellow.
DROLL
n. 1. One whose occupation or practice is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon.
2. A farce; something exhibited to raise mirth or sport.
DROLL
v.i.To jest; to play the buffoon.
DROLL
v.t.To cheat.
DROLLER
n.A jester; a buffoon.
DROLLERY
n. 1. Sportive tricks; buffoonery; comical stories; gestures, manners or tales adapted to raise mirth.
2. A puppet-show.
DROLLING
n.Low wit; buffoonery.
DROLLINGLY
adv. In a jesting manner.
DROLLISH
a.Somewhat droll.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DROLL
Droll, a. [Compar. Droller; superl. Drollest.] Etym: [F. drôle; cf. G. & D. drollig, LG. drullig, D. drol a thick and short person, a droll, Sw. troll a magical appearance, demon, trolla to use magic arts, enchant, Dan. trold elf, imp, Icel. tröll giant, magician, evil spirit, monster. If this is the origin, cf. Trull. ]
Defn: 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.
DROLL
DROLL Droll, n.
1. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. Prior.
2. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
DROLL
Droll, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drolling. ]
Defn: To jest; to play the buffoon. [R.]
DROLL
DROLL 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.
DROLLER
DROLLER Droll "er, n.
Defn: A jester; a droll. [Obs. ] Glanvill.
DROLLERY
Droll "er *y, n.; pl. Drolleries. Etym: [F. drôlerie. See Droll. ]
1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners. The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer. " Macaulay.
2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as: (a ) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs. ] Shak. (b ) A lively or comic picture. [Obs. ] I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. Evelyn.
DROLLINGLY
DROLLINGLY Droll "ing *ly, adv.
Defn: In a jesting manner.
DROLLISH
DROLLISH Droll "ish, a.
Defn: Somewhat droll. Sterne.
DROLLIST
DROLLIST Droll "ist, n.
Defn: A droll. [R.] Glanvill.
New American Oxford Dictionary
droll
droll |drōl droʊl | ▶adjective curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement: his unique brand of droll self-mockery. ▶noun archaic a jester or entertainer; a buffoon. DERIVATIVES droll er y |ˈdrōlərē |noun, droll ness noun, drol ly adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent. (as an adjective ): from French drôle, perhaps from Middle Dutch drolle ‘imp, goblin. ’
Oxford Dictionary
droll
droll |drəʊl | ▶adjective curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement: his unique brand of droll self-mockery. ▶noun archaic a jester or entertainer; a buffoon. DERIVATIVES drollery noun, drollness noun, drolly |ˈdrəʊlli |adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent. (as an adjective ): from French drôle, perhaps from Middle Dutch drolle ‘imp, goblin ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
droll
droll adjective a droll remark that started everyone laughing: funny, humorous, amusing, comic, comical, mirthful, hilarious; clownish, farcical, zany, quirky; jocular, lighthearted, whimsical, facetious, witty, clever, wry, tongue-in-cheek; informal waggish, wacky, side-splitting, rib-tickling. ANTONYMS serious. WORD TOOLKIT See witty . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Oxford Thesaurus
droll
droll adjective 1 a droll comment: funny, humorous, amusing, comic, comical, mirthful, chucklesome, hilarious, rollicking; clownish, farcical, zany, quirky, eccentric, preposterous; ridiculous, ludicrous, risible, laughable; jocular, light-hearted, facetious, waggish, witty, whimsical, wry, sportive, tongue-in-cheek; entertaining, diverting, engaging, sparkling; informal wacky, side-splitting, rib-tickling. ANTONYMS serious. 2 a droll little girl: quaint, odd, strange, queer, eccentric, outlandish, bizarre, whimsical. WORD TOOLKIT droll See witty . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Duden Dictionary
drollig
drol lig Adjektiv |dr o llig |aus dem Niederdeutschen < älter niederländisch drollig, zu: drol = Knirps, Spaßmacher a spaßig, belustigend wirkend eine drollige Geschichte, Art | das war so drollig , dass wir alle lachen mussten b niedlich, possierlich ein drolliges kleines Mädchen, Kätzchen c komisch, seltsam ein drolliger Kauz
drolligerweise
drol li ger wei se Adverb umgangssprachlich |dr o lligerw ei se |in einer seltsam belustigend wirkenden, belustigendes Staunen hervorrufenden Weise drolligerweise ist niemand vorher auf den Gedanken gekommen
Drolligkeit
Drol lig keit Substantiv, feminin , die |Dr o lligkeit |1 das Drolligsein; drollige Art 2 drolliger Vorgang, drolliges Geschehen
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
droll
droll /droʊl /形容詞 ⦅やや古 /おどけて ⦆ひょうきんな, 傑作な .