What is to make a jest of; to set in a comical light. [R.] This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. W. D. Howells called?
droll — To make a jest of; to set in a comical light. [R.] This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. W. D. Howells. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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