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joust

  [joust, juhst, joost]
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–noun
1. a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
2. this type of combat fought in a highly formalized manner as part of a tournament.
3. jousts, tournament.
4. a personal competition or struggle.
–verb (used without object)
5. to contend in a joust or tournament.
6. to contend, compete, or struggle: The candidates will joust in a television debate.
Also, just.

Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME justen, jousten < OF juster, joster, jouster to tilt in the lists < VL *juxtāre to approach, clash, deriv. of L juxtā approaching, bordering; (n.) ME juste, jouste < OF juste, etc., deriv. of juster

Related forms:
jouster, noun
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joust   (joust, jŭst, jōōst)   
n.  

    1. A combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances; a tilting match.

    2. jousts A series of tilting matches; a tournament.

  2. A personal competition or combat suggestive of combat with lances: a politician who relishes a joust with reporters.

intr.v.   joust·ed also just·ed, joust·ing also just·ing, jousts also justs

  1. To engage in mounted combat with lances; tilt.

  2. To engage in a personal combat or competition.


[Middle English, from Old French juste, from juster, to joust, from Vulgar Latin *iūxtāre, to be next to, from Latin iūxtā, close by; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]
joust'er n.
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Word Origin & History

joust 
c.1300, from O.Fr. joster "to joust, tilt," from V.L. juxtare "to approach, come together, meet," originally "be next to," from L. juxta "beside, near," related to jungere "join" (see jugular). The sport was popular with Anglo-Norman knights.
"These early tournaments were very rough affairs, in every sense, quite unlike the chivalrous contests of later days; the rival parties fought in groups, and it was considered not only fair but commendable to hold off until you saw some of your adversaries getting tired and then to join in the attack on them; the object was not to break a lance in the most approved style, but frankly to disable as many opponents as possible for the sake of obtaining their horses, arms, and ransoms." [L.F. Salzman, "English Life in the Middle Ages," Oxford, 1950]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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