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Added 10 October 2026

droll

/dɹəʊl/ adjective

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Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
Very droll, minister.

noun

A funny person; a buffoon, a wag.

verb

To jest, to joke.

noun

The ghost of a child, especially one who died a painful death.

Origin

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.

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