droll
adjective /drəʊl/
/drəʊl/
(old-fashioned or ironic)- funny, but not in a way that you expect
- So they’ve locked me out of the house? Very droll, I’m sure!
- There was a droll, cynical expression on his face.
Word Originearly 17th cent. (as an adjective): from French drôle, perhaps from Middle Dutch drolle ‘imp, goblin’.