Definizione monolingua

droll

droll (third-person singular simple present drolls, present participle drolling, simple past and past participle drolled)

1. (archaic) To jest.
   • 1886, Robert Louise Stevenson, Kidnapped

     ""Eh, man,"" said I, drolling with him a little, ""youre very ingenious! But would it not be simpler for you to write him a few words in black and white?

droll (plural drolls)

1. (archaic) A buffoon
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops

     Our two inimitable drolls did a roaring trade with their broadsheets among lovers of the comedy element and nobody who has a corner in his heart for real Irish fun without vulgarity will grudge them their hardearned pennies.

droll (comparative droller, superlative drollest)

1. oddly humorous; whimsical

Definizione dizionario droll

buffo

buffone

comico

divertente

Altri significati:

(archaic) A buffoon

(archaic) To jest.

oddly humorous; whimsical