Droll

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 33

drōl, adj. odd: amusing: laughable.— n. one who excites mirth: a jester.— v.i. to practise drollery: to jest.— ns. Droll′ery ; Droll′ing .— adjs. Droll′ish , rather droll; Droll′y . [Fr., prob. from Dut. drollig , odd— trold , a hobgoblin; cf. Ger. droll , a short thick person.]