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droll 音标拼音: [dr'ol] a. 好笑的,滑稽的,逗趣的 好笑的,滑稽的,逗趣的 droll adj 1: comical in an odd or whimsical manner; " a droll little man with a quiet tongue- in- cheek kind of humor" Droll \ Droll\ ( dr[= o] l), a. [ Compar. { Droller}; superl. { Drollest}.] [ F. dr[^ o] le; 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. tr[" o] ll giant, magician, evil spirit, monster. If this is the origin, cf. { Trull}.] 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. [ 1913 Webster]
Droll \ Droll\, n. 1. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry- andrew. -- Prior. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like. [ 1913 Webster]
Droll \ Droll\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Drolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Drolling}.] To jest; to play the buffoon. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster]
Droll \ Droll\, v. t. 1. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole. [ 1913 Webster] Men that will not be reasoned into their senses, may yet be laughed or drolled into them. -- L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make a jest of; to set in a comical light. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. -- W. D. Howells. [ 1913 Webster] 58 Moby Thesaurus words for " droll": Attic, absurd, amusing, biting, bizarre, brilliant, clever, comedian, comic, comical, eccentric, facetious, farcical, funny, funnyman, hilarious, humorous, humorsome, incongruous, jester, jesting, jocose, jocular, joker, jokester, joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen- witted, laughable, ludicrous, mordant, nimble- witted, pointed, preposterous, priceless, pungent, quaint, quick- witted, quipster, quizzical, rapier- like, rich, ridiculous, risible, salt, salty, scintillating, screaming, sharp, smart, sparkling, sprightly, wag, whimsical, wit, witty
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