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 Droll a. [Compar. Droller superl. Drollest ]  Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.
 Syn: -- Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous; ridiculous; queer; odd; waggish; facetious; merry; laughable; ludicrous. -- Droll, Laughable, Comical. Laughable is the generic term, denoting anything exciting laughter or worthy of laughter; comical denotes something of the kind exhibited in comedies, something humorous of the kind exhibited in comedies, something, as it were, dramatically humorous; droll stands lower on the scale, having reference to persons or things which excite laughter by their buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical adventure; a droll story.

 Droll·er, n. A jester; a droll. [Obs.]
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