drollness

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droll

(drōl)

adj. droll·er, droll·est

Amusingly odd or whimsically comical.

n. Archaic

An amusing or whimsically comical person.

[French drôle, from earlier, rascal, knave, from Middle French drolle, bon vivant, from Middle Dutch drol, hobgoblin, elf, from Old Norse troll, troll; see troll².]

droll′ness n.

drol′ly adv.

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drollness

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The quality of being laughable or comical:

comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, farcicality, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, wit, wittiness, zaniness.

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