drollishadj.
/ˈdrəʊlɪʃ/ Somewhat droll.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting
bourdfula1425
pleasant1530
facete1600
joculary1605
merrya1616
jocundary1618
lepidc1619
droll1623
humorousa1652
drollerical1656
humoursome1656
drollish1674
ludicrous1687
humorific1819
jestful1831
humoristica1834
1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland xxiv. 108 Imposing drollish nick-names upon them.
1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xii. 81 A drollish and witty kind of peevishness.
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