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).
I tried to give my blog a little more sex appeal yesterday after noticing how good DEZMOND's Hollywood Spy looks. Let me know what you guys think (I put some pictures on the right, if you scroll down). James Murray, for those who don't know, was one of the first editors of the OED. Thanks for reading!
37 comments:
I feel like I'm a droll!
Amusing post for Friday morning !:)
Love this word!
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My friends are so droll! lol.
This is a great resource, your blog. Especially since I thought droll would man dull. Apparently it means the opposite.
wow, those fellas are pretty hot.
I'm impacted with your blog dude. It's very original! Droll is cool
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Have a nice weekend!
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Nice word! I'll see what I can do about squeezing this into my vocabulary.
I'm with Angela. I always thought it had a negative connotation.
The rich totally ruined that word. Can't say it without sounding pretentious.
Droll Droll Droll. What a word Droll is.
this is awesome
great unique word. thanks :)
I did just say that.
And I mean it.
You will learn that about me.
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Oh, how horrendously Droll
I will droll to insanity <-- I don´t know if the word is correctly used here.
droll
My girlfriend is such a droll
those are some dashing young fellows over there to the right, if i do say so myself
This life is very droll.
I don't know how it looked before, but it looks good now!
Chapter 42 was droll until I deleted it and wrote it over. :D Droll is a great word.
It's quite droll to me that within our English language we have a word with contradicting meanings. Intentionally and unintentionally, really?
im a droll
Very droll!
Haha, somehow I think using the word "droll" in a conversation would be quite droll in itself.
I like how you went for sex appeal with writers. That Webster is quite the ladykiller.
Some of my friends think I'm quite the droll
reading your elevator pitch on the right has forced my hand. I will now post your blog on my blog. it'll be sooo droll!
and @jamie, I am so jealous chingu!
I just used the word an hour ago after I read this!
my blog is as droll as yours!
I dig this post.
Love the word, and love the new pictures!
Dez's blog is very entertaining, for sure!
It's funny- I always thought this word meant sort of "dull" or "dreary" until not long ago, and now I can't change the association in my mind. I think the reference I have is sort of like professor snape
I thought this was spelled "drole" thanks for improving my spelling :p
I feel so droll! I'll follow this blog to improve my english :D
i like the look of your blog; simple but beautiful. :D
I like your blog, following this could help me a lot, been trying find ways to improve my english lately.
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