Jest vs Cest - What's the difference?

jest | cest |

In obsolete terms the difference between jest and cest

is that jest is a mask; a pageant; an interlude while cest is a woman's girdle; a cestus.

is that jest is an act performed for amusement; a joke while cest is a woman's girdle; a cestus.

is to tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

central European Summer Time.

(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 .

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

(en verb)

To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

Surely you jest !

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

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(en noun)

(obsolete) A woman's girdle; a cestus.

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