Jest vs Jeast - What's the difference?
jest | jeast |
(archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
* Sheridan
(archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
* Sir T. Elyot
(obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
* Kyd
To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
(archaic) jest
*{{quote-book, year=1927, author=William Allan Nielson, title=The Facts About Shakespeare, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Plume adds, "Sir John Mennes saw once his old father in his shop--a merry cheeked old man that said, 'Will was a good honest fellow, but he darest have crackt a jeast with him at any time.'" }}
*{{quote-book, year=1885, author=T. H., title=The History of Sir Richard Whittington, chapter=, edition=
, passage=And after, at a feast, Which he the king did make, He burnt the bonds all in jeast , And would no money take. }}
In archaic terms the difference between jest and jeast
is that jest is someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke while jeast is jest.As a verb jest
is to tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.jest
English
Noun
(en noun)- The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests , and to his imagination for his facts.
- Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
- Then let me be your jest ; I deserve it.
- the jests or actions of princes
- (Nares)
- 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 alsoVerb
(en verb)- Surely you jest !
Synonyms
* (to joke) banter, kid, mock, teaseDerived terms
* (l) * (l)See also
* (wikipedia "jest")Anagrams
* ----jeast
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