Definition of jest

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Jest (n.) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

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Railleur :: Railleur (n.) A banterer; a jester; a mocker.
Majesticness :: Majesticness (n.) The quality or state of being majestic.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
Droll :: Droll (v. i.) To jest; to play the buffoon.
Grand :: Grand (superl.) Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception..
But :: But (v. t.) A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company..
Stately :: Stately (superl.) Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait..
Raillery :: Raillery (n.) Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.
Jested :: Jested (imp. & p. p.) of Jes.
Banter :: Banter (v. t.) To jest about; to ridicule in speaking of, as some trait, habit, characteristic, and the like..
Banter :: Banter (n.) The act of bantering; joking or jesting; humorous or good-humored raillery; pleasantry.
Outjest :: Outjest (v. t.) To surpass in jesting; to drive out, or away, by jesting..
Bourder :: Bourder (n.) A jester.
Jocose :: "Jocose (a.) Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous..
Mock :: Mock (v. i.) To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.
Gleek :: Gleek (n.) A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.
Jeer :: Jeer (n.) A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.
Shekinah :: Shekinah (n.) The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians..
Drollingly :: Drollingly (adv.) In a jesting manner.
Majesties :: Majesties (pl. ) of Majest.
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