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

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  1. superl. Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.
  2. n. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.
  3. n. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
  4. v. i. To jest; to play the buffoon.
  5. v. t. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.
  6. v. t. To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.
  7. adj. comical in an odd or whimsical manner
  8. Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity;amusing and strange.
  9. j:100 s. comical in an odd or whimsical manner