单词 | jesting |
释义 | jestingn. The action of jest v.; joking, pleasantry; trifling; ridicule. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] > action of japingc1380 jesting1526 raillying1612 banteringa1672 rallying1673 smoking1781 ragging1788 quizzing1795 chaffing1826 quizzification1856 joshing1864 barracking1885 ribbing1913 mickey-taking1967 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry playOE gameOE ragec1330 ribaldyc1330 triflinga1382 bourda1387 japeryc1386 jesting1526 jest1551 jollity1591 pleasantry1602 lepidity1647 drollery1653 droll1670 sport1671 pleasancy1684 funniment1822 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > action of jesting japingc1380 bourdingc1400 jesting1526 drolling1670 joking1670 funning1728 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Eph. v. 4 Nether folishe talkyng, nether gestinge. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xvi. 25 For thy iestynges and songes [thou hast] continuall wepyng. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 202 Looke you what hacks are on his helmet..thers no iesting. View more context for this quotation ?1637 T. Hobbes tr. Aristotle Briefe Art Rhetorique ii. xiv. 108 Jesting is witty Contumely. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite i, in Fables 11 Jesting, said Arcite, suits but ill with Pain. 1891 F. M. Crawford Cigarette-maker's Rom. i Vjera cast an imploring look on Dumnoff, as though beseeching him not to continue his jesting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020). jestingadj. That jests; jocose; trifling; †scoffing, jeering. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [adjective] > jeering, taunting, or scoffing scoffing1538 jesting1551 gibing1574 jeering1581 scommatizing1613 girdinga1617 flirting1651 signifying1947 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > humorous or jesting > that jests or jokes japinga1513 jesting1551 bourding1552 drolling1670 joking1714 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia i. sig. Eiv A certein iesting parasite, or scoffer. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 1 What is Truth; said jesting Pilate; And would not stay for an Answer. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite i, in Fables 11 Speak'st thou in earnest, or in jesting Vein? 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. viii. 287 In revenge for a jesting and not very intelligible ballad sung against him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1526adj.1551 |
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