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drollist

drollist noun: a joker; a buffoon.

Noun

drollist (plural drollists)

  1. (archaic) A joker; a buffoon.
    • These idle Drollists have an utter Antipathy to all the braver and more generous kinds of Knowledge1681, Joseph Glanvill, Sadducismus Triumphatus

Forms of drollist

pluraldrollists

Origin of drollist

From droll + -ist.

Questions about drollist

What does drollist mean?
Drollist means a joker; a buffoon.
What part of speech is drollist?
Drollist is a noun.
What is the plural of drollist?
The plural of drollist is drollists.

Words near drollist in the dictionary

  1. drolling
  2. drollingly
  3. drollings
  4. drollish
  5. drollishness
  6. drollist
  7. drollists
  8. drollness
  9. drollnesses
  10. drolls
  11. drolly

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