Droll /(drōl)/

1. Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.

1. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.
2. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.

imp. & p. p. Drolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drolling

1. To jest; to play the buffoon. [R.]

1. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.

   Men that will not be reasoned into their senses, may yet be laughed or drolled into them.

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

   This drolling everything is rather fatiguing.