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- Droll - superl. - Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.
- Droll - n. - One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.
- Droll - n. - Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
- Droll - v. i. - To jest; to play the buffoon.
- Droll - v. t. - To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.
- Droll - v. t. - To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.
- Drolled - imp. & p. p. - of Droll
- Droller - n. - A jester; a droll.
- Drolleries - pl. - of Drollery
- Drollery - n. - The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
- Drollery - n. - Something which serves to raise mirth
- Drollery - n. - A puppet show; also, a puppet.
- Drollery - n. - A lively or comic picture.
- Drolling - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Droll
- Drollingly - adv. - In a jesting manner.
- Drollish - a. - Somewhat droll.
- Drollist - n. - A droll.
- Macaroni - n. - A sort of droll or fool.
- Drollery - n. - The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
- Harlequin - n. - A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy.
- Macaroni - n. - A medley; something droll or extravagant.