DROLL


Meaning of DROLL in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. quaintly amusing.

2 strange; odd; surprising.

--n. archaic 1 a jester; an entertainer.

2 a quaintly amusing person.

Derivatives:

drollery n. (pl. -ies). drolly adv. drollness n.

Etymology: F dr{ocirc}le, perh. f. MDu. drolle little man

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.