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jesting
(encz) | jesting,žertování n: Zdeněk Brož |
jesting
(encz) | jesting,žertující luke |
Jesting
(gcide) | 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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Jesting
(gcide) | Jesting \Jest"ing\, n.
The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.
--Eph. v. 4.
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Jesting
(gcide) | 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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jesting
(wn) | jesting
adj 1: characterized by jokes and good humor [syn: jesting,
jocose, jocular, joking] |
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jestingly
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Jesting
(gcide) | Jest \Jest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jested; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jesting.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]Jesting \Jest"ing\, n.
The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.
--Eph. v. 4.
[1913 Webster]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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jesting jocose jocular jocund joking
(gcide) | humourous \humourous\ adj.
same as humorous; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower
terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek, witty ;
{boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish,
zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable, risible ; {droll,
waggish ; {dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry ; {farcical,
ludicrous, ridiculous ; {Gilbertian ; {hilarious, uproarious
; jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking; {merry,
mirthful}; {seriocomic, seriocomical ; {tragicomic,
tragicomical ; killing, sidesplitting] Also See:
pleasing.
Syn: humorous.
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Jestingly
(gcide) | Jestingly \Jest"ing*ly\, adv.
In a jesting manner.
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jestingly
(wn) | jestingly
adv 1: in jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he
could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express" [syn:
jokingly, jestingly] |
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