different between jesting vs farcical
jesting
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??st??/
Noun
jesting (countable and uncountable, plural jestings)
- joking
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim
- Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim
- bantering; ridicule
- mocking
Adjective
jesting (comparative more jesting, superlative most jesting)
- facetious
- humorous
- playful; mocking
- jeering
Verb
jesting
- present participle of jest
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farcical
English
Etymology
farce +? -ical, after comical etc.
Adjective
farcical (comparative more farcical, superlative most farcical)
- Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
Related terms
- farce
Translations
Further reading
- farcical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- farcical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- farcical at OneLook Dictionary Search
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