About The Word Jesting
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Jesting
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What's The Definition Of Jesting?
[adj] characterized by jokes and good humor
Synonyms | Synonyms for Jesting: humorous | humourous | jocose | jocular | joking Related Terms | Find terms related to Jesting: Attic | bantering | biting | brilliant | chaffing | clever | droll | facetious | fooling | funny | hazing | humorous | humorsome | jocose | jocular | joking | joky | jollying | joshing | keen | keen-witted | kidding | mordant | nimble-witted | pointed | pungent | quick-witted | ragging | rapier-like | razzing | ribbing | roasting | salt | salty | scintillating | sharp | smart | sparkling | sprightly | teasing | twitting | whimsical | witty See Also | Jesting In Webster's Dictionary \Jest"ing\, a.
Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.
He will find that these are no jesting matters.
--Macaulay.
\Jest"ing\, n. The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry. --Eph. v. 4. |
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