Definition of jest

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"Jest (n.) Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under Jest, v. i..

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Bonmot :: Bonmot (n.) A witty repartee; a jest.
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.
Drollingly :: Drollingly (adv.) In a jesting manner.
Droller :: Droller (n.) A jester; a droll.
Cream :: Cream (n.) The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures..
Fool :: Fool (n.) One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments..
Gibe :: Gibe (n.) An expression of sarcastic scorn; a sarcastic jest; a scoff; a taunt; a sneer.
Majesticness :: Majesticness (n.) The quality or state of being majestic.
Wit-cracker :: Wit-cracker (n.) One who breaks jests; a joker.
Quit :: Quit (a.) To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to quit the place; to quit jesting..
Jocular :: "Jocular (a.) Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person..
Joke :: "Joke (n.) Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes..
Joculator :: Joculator (n.) A jester; a joker.
Mock :: Mock (v. i.) To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.
Scurrile :: Scurrile (a.) Such as befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts..
Motley-minded :: Motley-minded (a.) Having a mind of a jester; foolish.
Game :: Game (v. i.) Sport of any kind; jest, frolic..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
Banter :: Banter (v. t.) To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity..
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