Gest vs Jist - What's the difference?
gest | jist |
(obsolete) A gesture or action.
* , II.ix:
* , II.36:
(archaic) A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.
(archaic) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.
(archaic) bearing; deportment
* Spenser
(obsolete) A stage in travelling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey; a rest.
(obsolete) A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.
(nonstandard) alternative form of just
*1838 , -Charles Dickens:
*:'Mister Muntlehiney,' said the man. 'Wot's come on him? Is he at home?'
*:'He is above stairs, I believe,' replied Kate, a little reassured by this inquiry. 'Do you want him?'
*:'No,' replied the visitor. 'I don't ezactly want him, if it's made a favour on. You can jist give him that 'ere card, and tell him if he wants to speak to ME, and save trouble, here I am; that's all.'
*1884 , -Mark Twain:
*:They get all their chawing by borrowing; they say to a fellow, "I wisht you'd len' me a chaw, Jack, I jist this minute give Ben Thompson the last chaw I had"—which is a lie pretty much everytime;
As nouns the difference between gest and jist
is that gest is (obsolete) a gesture or action or gest can be (obsolete) a stage in travelling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey; a rest while jist is (rare).As an adverb jist is
(nonstandard) alternative form of just.gest
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) geste.Noun
(en noun)- They did obeysaunce, as beseemed right, / And then againe returned to their restes: / The Porter eke to her did lout with humble gestes .
- more Kings and Princes have written his gestes' and actions, than any other historians, of what quality soever, have registred the ' gests , or collected the actions of any other King or Prince that ever was.
- (Chaucer)
- (Spenser)
- (Mede)
- through his heroic grace and honorable gest
Etymology 2
Compare gist a resting place.Noun
(en noun)- (Kersey)
- (Hanmer)