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amusing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mju?z??/
Verb
amusing
- present participle of amuse
Adjective
amusing (comparative more amusing, superlative most amusing)
- Entertaining.
- Funny, hilarious.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:funny
- See also Thesaurus:witty
Antonyms
- unamusing
Derived terms
- amusingness
Translations
Anagrams
- Mungias
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jest
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”). Doublet of gest.
Pronunciation
- enPR: j?st, IPA(key): /d??st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
jest (plural jests)
- (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
- (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
- Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
- (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
- 1540, Thomas Elyot, Image of Governance
- the jests or actions of princes
- 1540, Thomas Elyot, Image of Governance
- (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)
- 1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy
- 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 also Thesaurus:joke
Translations
Verb
jest (third-person singular simple present jests, present participle jesting, simple past and past participle jested)
- To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
- Surely you jest!
Synonyms
- (to joke): banter, kid, mock, tease
Derived terms
- jester
- jestingly
Translations
See also
- jest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Pronunciation spelling of just..
Adverb
jest (not comparable)
- (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just
Anagrams
- ESTJ, Jets, jets
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jest/
- Homophone: gjest
Alternative forms
- jester
Etymology
From Old Norse j?str, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence English yeast.
Noun
jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jester, definite plural jestene)
- yeast
- Synonym: gjær
Related terms
- ese
References
- “jest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “jest” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- jester
- gjester (non-standard since 1938)
Etymology
From Old Norse j?str, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j?st/ (example of pronunciation)
- Homophone: gjest
Noun
jest m (definite singular jesten, indefinite plural jestar, definite plural jestane)
- yeast
- Synonym: gjær
Related terms
- asa, ase
- esa, ese
References
- “jest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j?st/
Verb
jest
- third-person singular present indicative of by?; is
- (mathematics) is, equals (see also wynosi)
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
jest (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- third-person singular present of b?ti
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