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单词 jesting-stock
释义

jest /jest/

noun
  1. Something spoken in fun
  2. A joke
  3. Fun
  4. A taunt or jeer
  5. Something ludicrous, an object of laughter
intransitive verb
  1. To make a jest
  2. To joke
transitive verb
  1. To jeer at, ridicule
  2. To utter as a jest
ORIGIN: ME geste a deed, a story, from OFr geste, from L gesta things done, doings, from gerere to do

jesteeˈ noun (Sterne)

The object of a jest

jestˈer noun

  1. A person who jests
  2. A buffoon
  3. A court fool
  4. A reciter of romances (archaic)

jestˈful adjective

Given to jesting

jestˈing noun and adjective

jestˈingly adverb

jestˈbook noun

A collection of funny stories

jestˈing-stock noun (obsolete)

A butt for jests

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