Drolled vs Prolled - What's the difference?
drolled | prolled |
As verbs the difference between drolled and prolled is that drolled is ( droll) while prolled is ( proll).
drolled English
Verb
(head)
(droll)
droll English
Adjective
(er)
oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* drollery
* drolly
* drollness
Noun
( en noun)
(archaic) A buffoon
* , Episode 12, The Cyclops
- Our two inimitable drolls did a roaring trade with their broadsheets among lovers of the comedy element and nobody who has a corner in his heart for real Irish fun without vulgarity will grudge them their hardearned pennies.
Verb
( en verb)
(archaic) To joke, to jest.
* 1886 , Robert Louise Stevenson, Kidnapped
- "Eh, man," said I, drolling with him a little, "you're very ingenious! But would it not be simpler for you to write him a few words in black and white?
Anagrams
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prolled English
Verb
(head)
(proll)
proll English
Verb
( en verb)
(obsolete) To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder.
- (Barrow)
* 1795 ?, Henry Stebbing
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