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▪ I. jesting, vbl. n.|ˈdʒɛstɪŋ|
[f. jest v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. jest; joking, pleasantry; trifling; ridicule.
1526Tindale Eph. v. 4 Nether folishe talkyng, nether gestinge. 1548Udall Erasm. Par. Luke xvi. 25 For thy iestynges and songes [thou hast] continuall wepyng. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. i. ii. 224 Looke you what hacks are on his Helmet... There's no iesting. a1679Hobbes Rhet. ii. xiv. (1681) 71 Jesting is witty contumely. 1700Dryden Pal. & Arc. i. 285 Jesting, said Arcite, suits but ill with pain. 1891F. M. Crawford Cigarette-Maker's Rom. i, Vjera cast an imploring look on Dumnoff, as though beseeching him not to continue his jesting.
attrib.1573–80Baret Alv. I 32, I had almost fallen into a shrewd sporting, or iesting matter, ere I was ware. 1712Arbuthnot John Bull iii. ii, A rope and a noose are no jesting matters! 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xv. (1889) II. 175 He will find that these are no jesting matters.
▪ II. jesting, ppl. a.|ˈdʒɛstɪŋ|
[f. jest v. + -ing2.]
That jests; jocose; trifling; † scoffing, jeering.
1551Robinson tr. More's Utopia i. (1895) 73 A certein iesting parasite, or scoffer. 1625Bacon Ess., Truth (Arb.) 499 What is Truth; said jesting Pilate; And would not stay for an Answer. 1700Dryden Pal. & Arc. i. 284 Speakst thou in earnest, or in jesting vein? 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. II. viii. 287 In revenge for a jesting and not very intelligible ballad sung against him. |