2. To make a jest of; to set in a comical light. [R.]

This drolling everything is rather fatiguing.

W. D. Howells.

Droll"er, n. A jester; a droll. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Droll"er*y (?), n.; pl. Drolleries (#). [F. drôlerie. See Droll.] 1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.

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