Jesting
11jesting — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. buffoonery, joking, clowning; see humor 1 , wit 1 …
12jesting — jest·ing || dÊ’estɪŋ n. joking, bantering; ridicule, mocking adj. facetious, humorous, playful; mocking, jeering dÊ’est n. joke, witticism; jeering or mocking remark; sport, fun; laughing stock, subject of a joke or mockery v. joke, speak or… …
13jesting — adj playful, merry, laughing, frolicsome, rollicking; comic, comical, droll, funny, facetious, tongue in cheek, humorous; waggish, roguish, jocund, jocose; witty, fast with the quips, quick witted, clever, facile tongued; kidding, joking,… …
14jesting — adjective characterized by jokes and good humor • Syn: ↑jocose, ↑jocular, ↑joking • Similar to: ↑humorous, ↑humourous • Derivationally related forms: ↑joke ( …
15jesting-stock — jestˈing stock noun (obsolete) A butt for jests • • • Main Entry: ↑jest …
16A Game at Chess — is a comic satirical play by Thomas Middleton, first staged in August 1624 by the King s Men at the Globe Theatre, notable for its political content. The playThe drama seems to be about a chess match, and even contains a genuine chess opening:… …
17witty — witty, humorous, facetious, jocular, jocose are comparable when they apply to persons and their utterances and mean provoking or intended to provoke laughter or smiles. Witty (compare WIT) suggests a high degree of cleverness and quickness in… …
18Scop — A ag. scop was an Old English poet, the Anglo Saxon counterpart of the Old Norse no. skald . As far as we can tell from what has been preserved, the art of the scop was directed mostly towards epic poetry; the surviving verse in Old English… …
19Anasyrma — (plural: anasyrmata), also called anasyrmos, [Blackledge, C. (2003). The Story of V: A Natural History of Female Sexuality . New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. 12.] is the gesture of lifting up the skirt or kilt. It is used in… …
20outjest — transitive verb Etymology: out + jest obsolete : to overcome by jesting labors to outjest his heart struck injuries Shakespeare * * * v.t. * * * outjestˈ transitive verb 1. To overcome by jesting (Shakespeare) 2. To excel in jesting …
