droll

droll [droʊl] a.

1.) Intentionally facetious, amusing, comical, funny.
2.) Unintentionally amusing; queer, quaint, odd, strange, ‘funny’.

droll [droʊl] n.

1.) A funny or waggish fellow; a merry-andrew, buffoon, jester, humorist.

droll [droʊl] v. t.

1.) To make sport or fun; to jest, joke; to play the buffoon. Construed with 'with', 'at', 'on', 'upon'.
2.) To jest (a thing) away, off; to bring forth after the manner of a jester or buffoon (Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Edition).

Etymology: French drôle, buffoon, from Old French drolle, bon vivant, possibly from Middle Dutch drol, goblin.

"— Boris: We're here to see the Emperor.
— Guard: Who is calling?
— Boris: [Laughs nervously] Who is calling?
— Sonja: [Laughs] Ooh, well that's droll!
— Boris: Droll, yes. Apparently he's not familiar with the list of the hundred most important Spanishers.
— Sonja: Yes, it is only Don Francesco and his sister.
— Boris: Yes, this is the...the Donessa.
— Sonja: We have an appointment with Napoleon.
— Boris: That's right. Napoleon Bonaparte, the noted international tyrant" (Love and Death, Woody Allen, 1975).

(Pierrot et Arlequin, Paul Cézanne, 1888)
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