jest
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”). Doublet of gest.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
jest (plural jests)
- (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
- I made that comment in jest; it wasn't serious.
- (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
- Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Then let me be your jest; I deserve it.
- (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
- 1540, Thomas Elyot, Image of Governance
- the jests or actions of princes
- 1540, Thomas Elyot, Image of Governance
- (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
- 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy
- He promised us, in honour of our guest, / To grace our banquet with some pompous jest.
- 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy
SynonymsEdit
- (joke): prank, gag, laughingstock, banter, crack, wisecrack, witticism
- See also Thesaurus:joke
TranslationsEdit
joke
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target of a joke
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VerbEdit
jest (third-person singular simple present jests, present participle jesting, simple past and past participle jested)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to tell a joke
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See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Pronunciation spelling of just..
AdverbEdit
jest (not comparable)
- (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just
AnagramsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
PronunciationEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence English yeast.
NounEdit
jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jester, definite plural jestene)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jestar, definite plural jestane)
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “jest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
jest
- third-person singular present indicative of być; is
- Ona jest ładna. ― She's pretty.
- Agnieszka jest studentką. ― Agnieszka is a student.
- (mathematics) is, equals (see also wynosi)
- dwa plus dwa jest cztery. ― Two plus two is four.
Serbo-CroatianEdit
VerbEdit
jest (Cyrillic spelling јест)