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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”). Doublet of gest.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jest (plural jests)
- (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
- I made that comment in jest; it wasn't serious.
- (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
- Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Then let me be your jest; I deserve it.
- (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
- 1540, Thomas Elyot, Image of Governance
- the jests or actions of princes
- 1540, Thomas Elyot, Image of Governance
- (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
- 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy
- He promised us, in honour of our guest, / To grace our banquet with some pompous jest.
- 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy
Synonyms[edit]
- (joke): prank, gag, laughingstock, banter, crack, wisecrack, witticism
- See also Thesaurus:joke
Translations[edit]
joke
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target of a joke
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Verb[edit]
jest (third-person singular simple present jests, present participle jesting, simple past and past participle jested)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to tell a joke
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See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation spelling of just..
Adverb[edit]
jest (not comparable)
- (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence English yeast.
Noun[edit]
jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jester, definite plural jestene)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jestar, definite plural jestane)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “jest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
jest
- third-person singular present indicative of być; is
- Ona jest ładna. ― She's pretty.
- Agnieszka jest studentką. ― Agnieszka is a student.
- (mathematics) is, equals (see also wynosi)
- dwa plus dwa jest cztery. ― Two plus two is four.
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Verb[edit]
jest (Cyrillic spelling јест)
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