jesting

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛstɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɛstɪŋ

Noun

jesting (countable and uncountable, plural jestings)

joking
- 1599, “(please specify the chapter or poem)”, in The Passionate Pilgrime. […], 2nd edition, London: […] [Thomas Judson] for W[illiam] Iaggard, and are to be sold by W[illiam] Leake, […], →OCLC:
  Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 151:
  What an extraordinary mental delusion jesting is; that sort of laboured vivacity which fancies it is pointed when it is only personal; and more extraordinary still, it is always the resource of stupid people.
bantering; ridicule
mocking

Adjective

jesting (comparative more jesting, superlative most jesting)

facetious
humorous
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
  He will find that these are no jesting matters.
playful; mocking
jeering

Derived terms

Verb

jesting

present participle and gerund of jest

Translations

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Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} laga-ba-boo-en

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jesting-stock