droll

Meaning

Adj

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

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.

Synonyms

funny

😄

humorous

jester

comical

buffoon

zany

clown

comic

facetious

jocose

ludicrous

amusing

fool

cheap

gay

harlequin

bawdy

jest

antic

whimsical

jocular

joke

🤣

joker

laughable

witty

madcap

mirth-provoking

odd

peculiar

pixilated

ridiculous

riotous

story

strange

comedian

drollery

wag

farce

Translations

drollig

drôle

😄

divertido

comique

gracioso

😄

cocasse

fantaisiste

grappig

😄

rigolo

😄

koddig

lustig

😄

spaßhaft

spaßig

😄

buffo

😄

komisch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɹəʊl/

Etymology

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.