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Bestest vs Jestest - What's the difference?

bestest | jestest |

As an adjective bestest

is best.

As a verb jestest is

archaic second-person singular of jest.

bestest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (informal, nonstandard, humorous, or, childish) best
  • It was the bestest teddy I ever had.
    You're my bestest friend in the whole world!

    Usage notes

    * Supposed to be a superlative form of (best) (itself the superlative of (good)).

    jestest

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (jest)

  • jest

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
  • * Sheridan
  • The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests , and to his imagination for his facts.
  • (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
  • Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Then let me be your jest ; I deserve it.
  • (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
  • * Sir T. Elyot
  • the jests or actions of princes
  • (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
  • (Nares)
  • * Kyd
  • He promised us, in honour of our guest, / To grace our banquet with some pompous jest .

    Synonyms

    * (joke) prank, gag, laughingstock, banter, crack, wisecrack, witticism * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
  • Surely you jest !

    Synonyms

    * (to joke) banter, kid, mock, tease

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    See also

    * (wikipedia "jest")

    Anagrams

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