Jesting \Jest"ing\, a.
Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.
Syn: joking.
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He will find that these are no jesting matters.
--Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jest \Jest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jested; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jesting.]
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1. To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a
mask or interlude. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make
light of anything.
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He jests at scars that never felt a wound. --Shak.
Syn: To joke; sport; rally.
Usage: To Jest, Joke. One jests in order to make others
laugh; one jokes to please himself. A jest is usually
at the expense of another, and is often ill-natured; a
joke is a sportive sally designed to promote good
humor without wounding the feelings of its object.
"Jests are, therefore, seldom harmless; jokes
frequently allowable. The most serious subject may be
degraded by being turned into a jest." --Crabb.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jesting \Jest"ing\, n.
The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.
--Eph. v. 4.
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jesting
adj : characterized by jokes and good humor [syn: jocose, jocular,
joking]
WordNet (r) 2.0
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "jesting":
Attic, bantering, biting, brilliant, chaffing, clever, droll,
facetious, fooling, funny, hazing, humorous, humorsome, jocose,
jocular, joking, joky, jollying, joshing, keen, keen-witted,
kidding, mordant, nimble-witted, pointed, pungent, quick-witted,
ragging, rapier-like, razzing, ribbing, roasting, salt, salty,
scintillating, sharp, smart, sparkling, sprightly, teasing,
twitting, whimsical, witty
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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