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adj
Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: witty, amusing, bright, diverting, droll, entertaining, humorous, jocose, jocular, piquant, quick, quick on the draw, quick-witted, sharp, tongue-in-cheek
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name
A surname from German.
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noun
A funny person; a buffoon, a wag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
The ghost of a child, especially one who died a painful death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Gullah folklore
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verb
To jest, to joke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
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adjective satellite
comical in an odd or whimsical manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
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.
Borrowed from German Droll.
Across languages
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
