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drolled

drolled is the simple past and past participle of droll.

Meaning of droll

Verb

droll (third-person singular simple present drolls, present participle drolling, simple past and past participle drolled)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To jest, to joke.
    • "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?" / "And that is an excellent observe, Mr. Balfour of Shaws," says Alan, drolling with me; [...]1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Flight in the Heather: The Heugh of Corrynakeigh”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London...

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Questions about drolled

What is drolled the simple past and past participle of?
Drolled is the simple past and past participle of droll.

Words near drolled in the dictionary

  1. drolerie
  2. drolest
  3. Drolet
  4. Drolets
  5. droll
  6. drolled
  7. droller
  8. drolleries
  9. drollers
  10. drollery
  11. drollest

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