jest
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English geste (“‘idle tale’”), from Old French geste (“‘acts, exploits’”), from Latin gesta (“‘acts, deeds’”)
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jest (plural jests)
- (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
- I shall not succumb to your jests!
- (obsolete) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
- Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
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- (joke): prank, gag, laughingstock, banter, crack, wisecrack, witticism
- See also Wikisaurus:joke
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joke
target of a joke
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to jest (third-person singular simple present jests, present participle jesting, simple past and past participle jested)
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to tell a joke
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- IPA: /jɛst/
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jest
- is, 3rd person singular present tense of być (to be)
- usage with adjectives
- Ona jest ładna — She's pretty
- usage with noun complements: takes the instrumental case
- Agnieszka jest studentką — Agnieszka is a student.
- usage with adjectives
- (mathematics) is, equals (see also wynosi)
- dwa plus dwa jest cztery — Two plus two is four