drollist

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noun

A joker; a buffoon.

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Meanings

noundrollist (plural drollists)

plural drollists

  1. archaicA joker; a buffoon.

    These idle Drollists have an utter Antipathy to all the braver and more generous kinds of Knowledge

    1681, Joseph Glanvill, Sadducismus Triumphatus

Origin

From droll + -ist.

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Cite this entry
APA

drollist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drollist

MLA

“drollist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drollist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drollist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drollist.

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