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jesting
jest G0107100 (jĕst)n.1. A playful or frivolous mood or manner: spoken in jest.2. A playful remark; a witticism or joke.3. A playful or amusing act; a prank.4. An object of ridicule; a laughingstock: "There are people ... so cruel as to make a jest of me" (Charles Dickens).intr.v. jest·ed, jest·ing, jests 1. To make witty or amusing remarks.2. To act in a playful or facetious manner.
[Middle English geste, tale, from Old French, from Latin gesta, deeds, from neuter pl. past participle of gerere, to perform.]
jest′ing·ly adv.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | jesting - characterized by jokes and good humorjocose, jocular, jokinghumorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" |
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