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Jesting [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A joking; concise wit; wit that consists in a trope or verbal figure, in a metaphorical sense of words, or in a double sense of the same word, or in similitude of sound in different words.

Jesting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Joking; talking for diversion or merriment.

Jesting [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.

Jesting [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.

Jesting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Jest

Jesting-stock [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A laughing stock; a butt of ridicule.

Jestingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a jocose manner; not in earnest.

Jestingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a jesting manner.