Jesting

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jesting \Jest"ing\, n.
     The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.
     --Eph. v. 4.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jesting
       adj : characterized by jokes and good humor [syn: {jocose}, {jocular},
              {joking}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "jesting":
     Attic, bantering, biting, brilliant, chaffing, clever, droll,
     facetious, fooling, funny, hazing, humorous, humorsome, jocose,
     jocular, joking, joky, jollying, joshing, keen, keen-witted,
     kidding, mordant, nimble-witted, pointed, pungent, quick-witted,
     ragging, rapier-like, razzing, ribbing, roasting, salt, salty,
     scintillating, sharp, smart, sparkling, sprightly, teasing,
     twitting, whimsical, witty