Definition of Jesting. Meaning of Jesting. Synonyms of Jesting

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Definition of Jesting

Jesting
Jesting Jest"ing, a. Sportive; not serious; fit for jests. He will find that these are no jesting matters. --Macaulay.
Jesting
Jesting Jest"ing, n. The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry. --Eph. v. 4.
Jesting
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.

Meaning of Jesting from wikipedia

- A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant...
- The phrase Jesting Pilate can be: a phrase coined by Francis Bacon in the opening sentence of his essay Of Truth (read at Wikisource) a name for the Biblical...
- their praise with genuine reservations about the "irreverence and profane jesting", as the New Haven Daily Palladium for November 17 phrased it. Many reviewers...
- a derivation from barathrum, because they, so to speak, carried their jesting to market, even into the very depth (barathrum) of the shambles (barathrum...
- award, stating: "What McGowan failed to take into consideration was the jesting manner in which Jenner spoke." Tam said: [Jenner] also immediately followed...
- A political cartoon from 1787 jesting about the notion of taxation affecting prostitutes...
- maintaining a playful, irreverent tone throughout the night, whether it was jesting about Cate Blanchett's versatility or watching Lawrence of Arabia on an...
- After Parliament had been dissolved, Cromwell wrote a letter to a friend, jesting about the session's lack of productivity: I amongst other have indured...
- John in the New Testament of Christian Bible. It is often referred to as "jesting Pilate". In it, Pontius Pilate questions Jesus' claim that he is "witness...
- Theatre, Norton appeared alongside actor Mark Benton and Joe Caffrey in Jesting About. "A collaborative project between the BBC and Northern Film and Media...