droll
Plural: drolls
Adjective Satellite
- comical in an odd or whimsical manner
- "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"
Adj
- Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
Noun
- A funny person; a buffoon, a wag.
Verb
Verb Forms: drolled, drolling, drolls
- To jest or amuse with humorous remarks.
- To jest, to joke.
Adjective
- Amusing in an odd, whimsical, or quaint way.
Examples
- His attempt to spell ’QUIZZICAL’ with only two Z’s was rather droll.
- When I DROLL about my bad luck, I often find a hidden Bingo on the Words With Friends board.
Origin / Etymology
From French drôle (“comical, odd, funny”), from drôle (“buffoon”) from Middle French drolle (“a merry fellow, pleasant rascal”) from Old French drolle (“one who lives luxuriously”), from Middle Dutch drol (“fat little man, goblin”), itself from Old Norse troll, from Proto-Germanic *truzlą. Doublet of drôle and troll.
Synonyms
amusing, bright, diverting, droll, entertaining, humorous, jocose, jocular, piquant, quick, quick on the draw, quick-witted, sharp, tongue-in-cheek, witty
Scrabble Score: 6
droll: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddroll: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
droll: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary