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