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Definition of Drollish
1. a. Somewhat droll.
Definition of Drollish
1. Adjective. Somewhat droll. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drollish
1. rather droll [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drollish
Literary usage of Drollish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia by John Mactaggart (1876)
"... the drollish poet. While the scenes thicken, the tents get crowded ; whisky is
... drollish ..."
2. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: In Two Volumes by Laurence Sterne (1894)
"... vexations of life, it was apt to show itself in a drollish and witty kind of
peevishness.—He was, however, frank and generous in his nature,—at all ..."
3. The Monthly Review (1831)
"A drollish sort of constitution her's'.) A robber who should have been hanged
that night, , Walking coolly off with his executioners. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... to play the buffoon. DROLLERY, (dro-ler-e) ni Idle jokes; buffoonery ; a show.
DROMEDARY,' (dnim'-e-da-re) n. «. A sort of camel. drollish ..."
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