droller

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
English droll
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Germanic *-izô
Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō
Proto-Germanic *-ōzô
Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō
Old English -ra
Middle English -ere
English -er
English droller

    From droll (adjective) + -er.

    Adjective

    droller

    1. comparative form of droll: more droll

    Etymology 2

    Etymology tree
    English droll
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-os?
    Proto-Indo-European *-o-
    Proto-Indo-European *-so-
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-
    Proto-Indo-European *-is
    Proto-Indo-European *-yós
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós
    Proto-Italic *-āsijos
    Proto-Italic *-āsios
    Latin -āriusnom.
    Latin -āriusbor.
    Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
    Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
    Old English -ere
    Middle English -ere
    ▲
    Latin -ārius
    Old French -ierbor.
    Middle English -er
    English -er
    English droller

      From droll (verb) + -er.

      Noun

      droller (plural drollers)

      1. (obsolete) A jester.
        • a. 1680 Joseph Glanvill, Against Scoffing at Religion (sermon)
          he is making an experiment by an other sort of enemies, and sets the Apes, and Drollers upon it

      Anagrams

      This page is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.