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