FromMiddle English geste ( “ idle tale ” ) , fromOld French geste ( “ acts, exploits ” ) , fromLatin gesta ( “ acts, deeds ” ) .Doublet ofgest
jest (plural jests
( archaic ) act performed foramusement ; ajoke .I made that commentinjest ; it wasn't serious. c. 1599–1602 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act V, scene i] ,page278 , column 1:Alas pooreYorick , I knew himHoratio , a fellow of infiniteIeſt ;[ …]
( archaic ) ridiculed ; the target of ajoke .Your majesty, stop him before he makes you thejest of the court.
c. 1597 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Merry Wiues of Windsor ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act III, scene iii] ,page58 , column 2:Why then make ſport at me, then let me be yourieſt , / I deſerue it[ …]
( obsolete ) gest .1540 Thomas Elyot ,Image of Governance :thejests or actions of princes
( obsolete ) mask ; apageant ; aninterlude .joke
Bulgarian:шега (bg) f ( šega ) ,закачка (bg) f ( zakačka ) Czech:žert (cs) m šprým m vtip (cs) m legrace (cs) f Esperanto:ŝerco blago (eo) Finnish:pila (fi) ,vitsi (fi) French:blague (fr) Galician:broma (gl) f brinqueta f Georgian:ხუმრობა ( xumroba ) ,ოხუნჯობა ( oxunǯoba ) German:Witz (de) m Scherz (de) m Greek:Ancient Greek:χλεύη f ( khleúē ) ,σκῶμμα n ( skômma ) Hungarian:tréfa (hu) ,tréfálkozás (hu) Ingrian:pilkka Italian:scherzo (it) ,barzelletta (it) ,battuta (it) f celia (it) f arguzia (it) f facezia (it) f Kazakh:әжуа ( äjua ) ,ажуа ( ajua ) Latin:iocus (la) m Macedonian:ше́га f ( šéga ) Māori:takao Pashto:ټوکه (ps) f ( ṭoka ) Persian:شوخی (fa) ( šuxi ) ,مزاح (fa) ( mezâh ) ( formal, dated ) Plautdietsch:Spos n Portuguese:gracejo (pt) m piada (pt) f Russian:насме́шка (ru) f ( nasméška ) ,остро́та (ru) f ( ostróta ) ( not to confuse with острота́ - bitterness, sharpness, etc. ) Scottish Gaelic:fealla-dhà m Spanish:broma (es) f chiste (es) m Turkish:Ottoman Turkish:اویون ( oyun ) ,شقا ( şaka ) ,لطیفه ( latife ) Yiddish:שפּאַס m ( shpas ) ,קאַטאָוועס ( katoves )
jest (third-person singular simple present jests present participle jesting simple past and past participle jested
To tell a joke; totalk in aplayful manner; to make fun of something or someone.Surely youjest !
to tell a joke
Bulgarian:шегувам се ( šeguvam se ) Czech:vtipkovat (cs) impf žertovat (cs) impf Esperanto:ŝerci Finnish:vitsailla (fi) French:plaisanter (fr) ,blaguer (fr) German:scherzen (de) ,herumalbern (de) ,albern (de) ,Spaß machen Greek:πειράζω (el) ( peirázo ) Ancient Greek:σκώπτω ( skṓptō ) Hungarian:tréfálkozik (hu) ,tréfál (hu) ,viccelődik (hu) Italian:scherzare (it) ,affabulare Latin:iocor (la) ,ioculor (la) Māori:nene whakanene kārikarika Oromo:baacuu Persian:لاغیدن (fa) ( lâġidan ) ( obsolete ) ,شوخی کردن (fa) ( šuxi kardan ) Portuguese:gracejar (pt) Russian:шути́ть (ru) ( šutítʹ ) Spanish:bromear (es) ,bufonear (es) Swedish:skämta (sv) ,skoja (sv) ,driva (sv) ,gyckla (sv) Turkish:Ottoman Turkish:لطیفه ایتمك ( latife etmek )
^ Bingham, Caleb (1808 ), “Improprieties in Pronunciation, common among the people of New-England”, inThe Child's Companion; Being a Conciſe Spelling-book [ ] [1] Boston : Manning & Loring,→OCLC page75 . ^ Dobson, E[ric] J. (1957 ),English pronunciation 1500-1700 [2] Oxford :Clarendon Press , published1968 ,→OCLC § 8 ,page474 .jest (notcomparable )
( African-American Vernacular , Southern US , Shropshire ) Pronunciation spelling ofjust 1890 Queen of the ranche; or, Life in the Far west , page150 :So Ijest 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.
Inherited fromOld Czech jest Proto-Slavic *estь Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-
jest
( literary , obsolete ) third-person singular present indicative ofbýt Synonym: je FromOld Norse jǫstr Proto-Germanic *jestuz English yeast
jest m definite singular jesten indefinite plural jester definite plural jestene
yeast Synonym: gjær “jest” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .“jest” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).FromOld Norse jǫstr Proto-Germanic *jestuz English yeast
jest m definite singular jesten indefinite plural jestar definite plural jestane
yeast Synonym: gjær “jest” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .Inherited fromProto-Slavic *estь
jest
third-person singular present indicative ofbýti Inherited fromOld Polish jest Proto-Slavic *estь Proto-Balto-Slavic *esti Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti
jest
third-person singular present indicative ofbyć is Onajest ładna. ―She's pretty. Agnieszkajest studentką. ―Agnieszka is a student. ( mathematics ) ( see alsowynosi ) dwa plus dwajest cztery. ―Two plus two is four. jest (Cyrillic spelling јест
third-person singular present ofbȉti Synonym: je Borrowed fromFrench geste
jest (definite accusative jesti plural jestler
gesture 
