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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jesting \Jest"ing\, a.
Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.
He will find that these are no jesting matters.
--Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jesting \Jest"ing\, n.
The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.
--Eph. v. 4.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jest \Jest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jested}; p. pr & vb n.
{Jesting}.]
1. To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a
mask or interlude. [Obs.] --Shak.
2. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make
light of anything
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
jesting
adj : characterized by jokes and good humor [syn: {jocose}, {jocular},
{joking}]
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