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jesting

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d??st??/

Noun

jesting (countable and uncountable, plural jestings)

  1. 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.
  2. bantering; ridicule
  3. mocking

Adjective

jesting (comparative more jesting, superlative most jesting)

  1. facetious
  2. humorous
  3. playful; mocking
  4. jeering

Verb

jesting

  1. present participle of jest

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witticism

English

Etymology

witty +? -icism; coined in the 1670s by John Dryden, by analogy to criticism.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /?w?.t?.s?z.?m/

Noun

witticism (plural witticisms)

  1. a witty remark
    • 1883: George Eliot, The Essays of George Eliot, chapter 4
      Shock of the witticism is a powerful one; while mere fun will have no power over them if it jar on their moral taste.
    • 2015: Hans Rollman, Freedom of Speech: It’s Complicated, PopMatters
      While the occasional wry witticism seeps through, overall Shipler is painfully conscientious about trying to offer both sides of any debate.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:joke

Translations

See also

  • bon mot
  • gag
  • jape
  • joke
  • one-liner

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