| 单词 | in jest |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin jest a. The opposite of earnest or seriousness; trifling sport, fun. Chiefly in phrases, as in jest: not seriously, without serious intention, in joke, in fun. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > lack of seriousness > [adverb] agamec1300 bourdfullya1400 in sportc1450 aplay1459 bourdly1500 in jest1551 bourdingly1552 sportingly1561 jestingly1569 sportingwise1579 sportfullya1586 sportively1656 for fun1750 flippantly1758 pour rire1872 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (1580) 68 Reasonyng in ieste after this sorte, and yet meanyng good earnest. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. iii. 99 His eies do drop no teares, his prayers are in iest . View more context for this quotation 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 83 I complaining therof to my Host, he between ieast and earnest replied [etc.]. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 163 In loves schoole, wherein who-so studies in jest, may learne in good earnest. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xxxviii. 72 Epaminondas..never permitted himself to utter a falsehood even in jest. 1851 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 4) iv. 102 The jest and earnest working side by side. < as lemmas |
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