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droll
(mass) | droll
- smiešny |
droll
(encz) | droll,komický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
droll
(encz) | droll,směšný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Droll
(gcide) | Droll \Droll\ (dr[=o]l), a. [Compar. Droller; superl.
Drollest.] [F. dr[^o]le; cf. G. & D. drollig, LG. drullig,
D. drol a thick and short person, a droll, Sw. troll a
magical appearance, demon, trolla to use magic arts, enchant,
Dan. trold elf, imp, Icel. tr["o]ll giant, magician, evil
spirit, monster. If this is the origin, cf. Trull.]
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.
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Droll
(gcide) | Droll \Droll\, n.
1. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a
jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. --Prior.
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2. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet,
a farce, and the like.
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Droll
(gcide) | Droll \Droll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drolled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drolling.]
To jest; to play the buffoon. [R.]
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Droll
(gcide) | Droll \Droll\, v. t.
1. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest;
to cajole.
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Men that will not be reasoned into their senses, may
yet be laughed or drolled into them. --L'Estrange.
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2. To make a jest of; to set in a comical light. [R.]
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This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. -- W.
D. Howells.
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droll
(wn) | droll
adj 1: comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little
man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor" |
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droll
(mass) | droll
- smiešny |
drollery
(mass) | drollery
- žart |
bedroll
(encz) | bedroll,svinuté pokrývky Zdeněk Brož |
droll
(encz) | droll,komický adj: Zdeněk Broždroll,směšný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
droller
(encz) | droller,komičtější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
drollery
(encz) | drollery,šprým n: Zdeněk Broždrollery,žertování n: Zdeněk Brož |
drollest
(encz) | drollest,nejkomičtější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
drollness
(encz) | drollness, |
drolly
(encz) | drolly,komicky adv: Zdeněk Broždrolly,směšně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Beadroll
(gcide) | Beadroll \Bead"roll`\, n. (R. C. Ch.)
A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain
number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads
of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general.
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On Fame's eternal beadroll worthy to be filed.
--Spenser.
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It is quite startling, on going over the beadroll of
English worthies, to find how few are directly
represented in the male line. --Quart. Rev.
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droll waggish
(gcide) | humourous \humourous\ adj.
same as humorous; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower
terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek, witty ;
{boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish,
zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable, risible ; {droll,
waggish ; {dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry ; {farcical,
ludicrous, ridiculous ; {Gilbertian ; {hilarious, uproarious
; jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking; {merry,
mirthful}; {seriocomic, seriocomical ; {tragicomic,
tragicomical ; killing, sidesplitting] Also See:
pleasing.
Syn: humorous.
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Drolled
(gcide) | Droll \Droll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drolled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drolling.]
To jest; to play the buffoon. [R.]
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Droller
(gcide) | Droll \Droll\ (dr[=o]l), a. [Compar. Droller; superl.
Drollest.] [F. dr[^o]le; cf. G. & D. drollig, LG. drullig,
D. drol a thick and short person, a droll, Sw. troll a
magical appearance, demon, trolla to use magic arts, enchant,
Dan. trold elf, imp, Icel. tr["o]ll giant, magician, evil
spirit, monster. If this is the origin, cf. Trull.]
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.
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A jester; a droll. [Obs.] --Glanvill.
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Drolleries
(gcide) | Drollery \Droll"er*y\, n.; pl. Drolleries. [F. dr[^o]lerie.
See Droll.]
1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery;
droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
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The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer." --
Macaulay.
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2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as:
(a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] --Shak.
(b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.]
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I bought an excellent drollery, which I
afterward parted with to my brother George of
Wotton. -- Evelyn.
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Drollery
(gcide) | Drollery \Droll"er*y\, n.; pl. Drolleries. [F. dr[^o]lerie.
See Droll.]
1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery;
droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
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The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer." --
Macaulay.
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2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as:
(a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] --Shak.
(b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.]
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I bought an excellent drollery, which I
afterward parted with to my brother George of
Wotton. -- Evelyn.
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Drollest
(gcide) | Droll \Droll\ (dr[=o]l), a. [Compar. Droller; superl.
Drollest.] [F. dr[^o]le; cf. G. & D. drollig, LG. drullig,
D. drol a thick and short person, a droll, Sw. troll a
magical appearance, demon, trolla to use magic arts, enchant,
Dan. trold elf, imp, Icel. tr["o]ll giant, magician, evil
spirit, monster. If this is the origin, cf. Trull.]
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.
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Drolling
(gcide) | Droll \Droll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drolled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drolling.]
To jest; to play the buffoon. [R.]
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Drollingly
(gcide) | Drollingly \Droll"ing*ly\, adv.
In a jesting manner.
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Drollish
(gcide) | Drollish \Droll"ish\, a.
Somewhat droll. -- Sterne.
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Drollist
(gcide) | Drollist \Droll"ist\, n.
A droll. [R.] --Glanvill.
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bedroll
(wn) | bedroll
n 1: bedding rolled up for carrying |
droll
(wn) | droll
adj 1: comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little
man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor" |
drollery
(wn) | drollery
n 1: a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: drollery,
clowning, comedy, funniness]
2: a quaint and amusing jest [syn: drollery, waggery] |
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