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drole

drole is the obsolete form of droll.

Meaning of droll

Adjective

droll (comparative droller, superlative drollest)

  1. Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
    • Very droll, minister.

See all 5 meanings of droll

Forms of drole

comparativedroler
superlativedrolest

Questions about drole

What is drole the obsolete form of?
Drole is the obsolete form of droll.

Words near drole in the dictionary

  1. droke
  2. drokes
  3. drokpa
  4. drokpas
  5. drol
  6. drole
  7. droler
  8. drolerie
  9. drolest
  10. Drolet
  11. Drolets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drole (page history and authors); droll (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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