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noun
1.
a joke or witty remark; witticism.
2.
a bantering remark; a piece of good-natured ridicule; taunt.
3.
sport or fun: to speak half in jest, half in earnest.
4.
the object of laughter, sport, or mockery; laughing-stock.
5.
Obsolete. an exploit. Compare gest.
verb (used without object)
6.
to speak in a playful, humorous, or facetious way; joke.
7.
to speak or act in mere sport, rather than in earnest; trifle (often followed by with): Please don't jest with me.
8.
to utter derisive speeches; gibe or scoff.
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Jests
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
verb (used with object)
9.
to deride or joke at; banter.
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Word Origin & History
jest
c.1300, "narrative of exploits" (originally in verse), from O.Fr. geste "action, exploit," from L. gesta "deeds," neut. pl. of gestus, pp. of gerere "to carry, behave, act, perform." Sense descended through "idle tale" (c.1470) to "mocking speech, raillery" (c.1548) to "joke" (1551). The verb in the
EXPAND sense of "to speak in a trifling manner" is from 1530. Jester developed from M.E. gestour "a minstrel, professional reciter of romances" (c.1380), from gesten "recite a tale," which was a jester's original function; sense of "buffoon in a prince's court" is from 1510.
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