different between jester vs juster

English

Etymology

From Middle English gestour; equivalent to jest +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??s.t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d??s.t?/
• Homophone: gestor
• Rhymes: -?st?(?)

Noun

jester (plural jesters, feminine jestress)

1. One who jests, jokes or teases.
2. A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Southeast Asian genus Symbrenthia.

Synonyms

• (one who jokes): buffoon, clown, joker, see also Thesaurus:joker
• (court entertainer): buffoon, clown, fool, jestress, see also Thesaurus:jester

Hyponyms

• (person who amused a medieval court): harlequin, pantaloon

Derived terms

• court jester

Translations

Anagrams

• rejets

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse j?str, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence English yeast.

Alternative forms

• jest

Noun

jester m (definite singular jesteren, indefinite plural jestere or jestre or jestrer, definite plural jesterne or jestrene)

1. yeast

   Synonym: gjær

Related terms

• ese

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: gjester

Noun

jester m

1. indefinite plural of jest

References

• “jester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• jest
• gjester (non-standard since 1938)

Etymology

From Old Norse j?str, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast. Doublet of jest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?s.t?r/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

jester m (definite singular jesteren, indefinite plural jestrar, definite plural jestrane)

1. yeast

   Synonym: gjær

Related terms

• asa, ase
• esa, ese

References

• “jester” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology 1

just +? -er

Adjective

juster

1. comparative form of just: more just

Etymology 2

just +? -er

Noun

juster (plural justers)

1. Obsolete form of jouster.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

juster

1. imperative of justere

Old French

Verb

juster

1. Alternative form of joster

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

West Frisian

Adverb

juster

1. yesterday

Further reading

• “juster”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011