jesting
Meaning of jesting
- said or done for amusement; joking.
a jesting commentary on world affairs
- the action of saying or doing something for amusement.
laughing and jesting were out of the question
- speak in a joking way.
you jest, surely?
late Middle English: from earlier gest, from Old French geste, from Latin gesta ‘actions, exploits’, from gerere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘heroic deed’, hence ‘a narrative of such deeds’; later the term denoted an idle tale, hence a joke.
Information about jesting
- The plural form of jesting is: jestings.
- Languages in which jesting is used:
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Hyphenation of jesting
jest-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- jesting is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
jesting synonyms
Meaning jocose:
Meaning make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly:
Meaning break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts:
Meaning make a witty remark:
Meaning put a gag on (someone):
Meaning make a military sortie:
Meaning make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word:
Meaning exchange remarks in a good-humoured teasing way:
Meaning make a witty remark or joke:
Meaning trick or deceive (someone); dupe:
Meaning make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way:
Meaning trick or deceive (someone):
Meaning (of a goat) give birth:
Meaning joke or tease:
Meaning remove the shucks from maize or shellfish:
Words that rhyme with jesting
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