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Sportful :: Sportful (a.) Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion..

Quip :: Quip (n.) A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe..

Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps..

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..

Merry :: Merry (superl.) Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, / merry jest..

August :: August (a.) Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority..

Jesting :: Jesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jes.

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..

Joculator :: Joculator (n.) A jester; a joker.

Sporting :: Sportful (a.) Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive..

Jocantry :: Jocantry (n.) The act or practice of jesting.

Joe Miller :: Joe Miller () A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke.

Joker :: Joker (n.) One who makes jokes or jests.

Drollingly :: Drollingly (adv.) In a jesting manner.

Jeer :: Jeer (n.) A railing remark or reflection; a scoff; a taunt; a biting jest; a flout; a jibe; mockery.

Sarcasm :: Sarcasm (n.) A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest..

Jestful :: Jestful (a.) Given to jesting; full of jokes.

Gracious :: Gracious (a.) Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love,. or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty..

Motley-minded :: Motley-minded (a.) Having a mind of a jester; foolish.

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