LekhoriLekhoriAn act performed for amusement; a joke.
I made that comment in jest; it wasn't serious.
Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
A deed; an action; a gest.
the jests or actions of princes
To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
Surely you jest!
Pronunciation spelling of just.
So I jest called out to know what was up, and found it was Miss Vanholte's cowboys, who had been forced into the store by them rascally ruffins.
From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”). Doublet of gest.
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