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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
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1828 Definition
DROLL, a. [G.] Odd; merry; facetious; comical; as a droll fellow.
DROLL, n.
DROLL, v.i. To jest; to play the buffoon.
DROLL, v.t. To cheat.
1913 Definition
Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity;
amusing and strange.
Syn. -- Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous; ridiculous; queer; odd; waggish; facetious; merry; laughable; ludicrous. -- Droll, Laughable, Comical. Laughable is the generic term, denoting anything exciting laughter or worthy of laughter; comical denotes something of the kind exhibited in comedies, something humorous of the kind exhibited in comedies, something, as it were, dramatically humorous; droll stands lower on the scale, having reference to persons or things which excite laughter by their buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical adventure; a droll story. One
whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a
buffoon; a merry-andrew.
Prior. Something exhibited to raise mirth or
sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
To jest] to play the buffoon.
[R.] 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. L'Estrange. To make a jest of; to set in a comical
light.
[R.]
This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. W. D. Howells. | ||||||||
Noah Says...
In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed.. .No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.
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