Droll vs Merry - What's the difference?
droll | merry | Related terms |
oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish
(archaic) A buffoon
* , Episode 12, The Cyclops
(archaic) To joke, to jest.
* 1886 , Robert Louise Stevenson, Kidnapped
Jolly and full of high spirits
* Shakespeare
Festive and full of fun and laughter
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
Brisk
Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
* Spenser
(euphemistic) drunk; tipsy
Droll is a related term of merry.
As an adjective droll
is oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.As a noun droll
is (archaic) a buffoon.As a verb droll
is (archaic) to joke, to jest.As a proper noun merry is
originally a nickname for a merry person.droll
English
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* drollery * drolly * drollnessNoun
(en noun)- Our two inimitable drolls did a roaring trade with their broadsheets among lovers of the comedy element and nobody who has a corner in his heart for real Irish fun without vulgarity will grudge them their hardearned pennies.
Verb
(en verb)- "Eh, man," said I, drolling with him a little, "you're very ingenious! But would it not be simpler for you to write him a few words in black and white?
Anagrams
* ----merry
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- We had a very merry Christmas.
- I am never merry when I hear sweet music.
- f I have the chance, I will make our worshipful Sheriff pay right well for that which he hath done to me. Maybe I may bring him some time into Sherwood Forest and have him to a right merry feast with us.
- Everyone was merry at the party.
- The play moved along at a merry pace.
- a merry jest
- merry wind and weather
- Some of us got a little merry at the office Christmas party.