English → Latin
“droll” in Latin
scurrīlisbuffoonlike, scurrilouslepiduspleasant, charming; witty; effeminatefacētuselegant, fine; courteous, polite; witty, jocose, facetiousioculārisfunny, jocular, amusing; facetious, laughable, drollcōmicuscomic; (relational) comedyrīdiculuslaughable, funny, amusing, humorous; laughable, silly, absurd, ridiculousrīdeōto laugh; to laugh at, ridicule, mockcoprĕaa low buffoon, a filthy jestersanniōa buffoon; a performer who plays ridiculous charactersscurraelegant man about town, dandy, rake; jester, joker, wit, clown
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
droll adj.
scurrilis: lepidus (by pleasant, playful humour): facetus (agreeable, from the unforced exercise of such a humour): jocularis (amusing by jokes): comicus: ridiculus: ridendus (that causes laughter; Vid: COMIC): a droll fellow, lepidum caput: a droll expression, ridiculum dictum; ridiculum: in a droll manner, scurriliter; comice; ridicule; comico more; lepide; facete; joculariter [SYN. above].
droll s.
homo jocosus: ridiculus (general term for jocose): coprea (a sort of court-fool, a jester): sannio (a buffoon): scurra (a wit, of a superior class who appeared under the name of “a friend of the family,” at the banquets of the rich Romans): maccus (the “clown” or “harlequin,” in the Atellanic games; after Diom., 488, Putsch).
droll v.
jocularia fundere: ridicula jactitare (both Liv., 7, 7): *copreae personam tueri or sustinere; *copreae partes agere (to play the fool).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for droll?
- The usual Latin words for “droll” are scurrīlis, lepidus, facētus; also ioculāris, cōmicus, rīdiculus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.